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Japhug language, the Glossary

Japhug is a Gyalrong language spoken in Barkam County, Rngaba, Sichuan, China, in the three townships of Gdong-brgyad (Japhug), Gsar-rdzong (Japhug) and Da-tshang (Japhug). The endonym of the Japhug language is.^[1]

35 relations: Alveolar consonant, Alveolo-palatal consonant, Anticausative verb, Antipassive voice, Associated motion, Barkam, China, Classical Tibetan, Continuant, Dental consonant, Direct–inverse alignment, Dzo, Endonym and exonym, Gyalrong languages, Gyalrongic languages, Incorporation (linguistics), Indo-European languages, Labial consonant, Lability, Language Science Press, Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Occlusive, Old Tibetan, Palatal consonant, Passive voice, Prenasalized consonant, Qiangic languages, Retroflex consonant, Salix magnifica, Sichuan, Townships of China, Trill consonant, Uvular consonant, Velar consonant, Voiced epiglottal trill.
Languages of Sichuan
Non-tonal languages in tonal families
Qiangic languages

Alveolar consonant

Alveolar (UK also) consonants are articulated with the tongue against or close to the superior alveolar ridge, which is called that because it contains the alveoli (the sockets) of the upper teeth.

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Alveolo-palatal consonant

In phonetics, alveolo-palatal (alveolopalatal, alveo-palatal or alveopalatal) consonants, sometimes synonymous with pre-palatal consonants, are intermediate in articulation between the coronal and dorsal consonants, or which have simultaneous alveolar and palatal articulation.

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Anticausative verb

An anticausative verb (abbreviated) is an intransitive verb that shows an event affecting its subject, while giving no semantic or syntactic indication of the cause of the event.

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Antipassive voice

The antipassive voice (abbreviated or) is a type of grammatical voice that either does not include the object or includes the object in an oblique case.

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Associated motion

Associated motion is a grammatical category whose main function is to associate a motion component to the event expressed by the verbal root.

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Barkam

Barkam or Markang or Muerkvua is a county-level city in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, in the northwest of Sichuan province, China.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.

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Classical Tibetan

Classical Tibetan refers to the language of any text written in Tibetic after the Old Tibetan period.

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Continuant

In phonetics, a continuant is a speech sound produced without a complete closure in the oral cavity.

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Dental consonant

A dental consonant is a consonant articulated with the tongue against the upper teeth, such as,. In some languages, dentals are distinguished from other groups, such as alveolar consonants, in which the tongue contacts the gum ridge.

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Direct–inverse alignment

The definition of a direct–inverse language is a matter under research, but it is widely understood to involve different grammar for transitive predications according to the relative positions of their "subject" and their "object" on a person hierarchy, which, in turn, is some combination of saliency and animacy specific to a given language.

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Dzo

A dzo (also spelled zo, zho and dzho, mdzo) is a hybrid between the yak and domestic cattle.

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Endonym and exonym

An endonym (also known as autonym) is a common, native name for a group of people, individual person, geographical place, language or dialect, meaning that it is used inside a particular group or linguistic community to identify or designate themselves, their homeland, or their language.

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Gyalrong languages

Gyalrong or rGyalrong, also rendered Jiarong, or sometimes Gyarung, is a subbranch of the Gyalrongic languages spoken by the Gyalrong people in Western Sichuan, China. Japhug language and Gyalrong languages are languages of Sichuan and Qiangic languages.

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Gyalrongic languages

The Gyalrongic languages (also known as Rgyalrongic or Jiarongic) constitute a branch of the Qiangic languages of Sino-Tibetan, but some propose that it may be part of a larger Rung languages group and do not consider it to be particularly closely related to Qiangic but suggest that similarities between Gyalrongic and Qiangic may be from areal influence. Japhug language and Gyalrongic languages are Qiangic languages.

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Incorporation (linguistics)

In linguistics, incorporation is a phenomenon by which a grammatical category, such as a verb, forms a compound with its direct object (object incorporation) or adverbial modifier, while retaining its original syntactic function.

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Indo-European languages

The Indo-European languages are a language family native to the overwhelming majority of Europe, the Iranian plateau, and the northern Indian subcontinent.

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Labial consonant

Labial consonants are consonants in which one or both lips are the active articulator.

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Lability

Lability refers to something that is constantly undergoing change or is likely to undergo change.

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Language Science Press

Language Science Press (LSP) is an open access scholarly publishing house specializing in linguistics, formally set up in 2014.

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Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture

Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, also known as Aba (Qiang: Rrmeabba Shbea Rrmea Nyujwju Gvexueaj Legea), is an autonomous prefecture of northwestern Sichuan, bordering Gansu to the north and northeast and Qinghai to the northwest.

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Occlusive

In phonetics, an occlusive, sometimes known as a stop, is a consonant sound produced by occluding (i.e. blocking) airflow in the vocal tract, but not necessarily in the nasal tract.

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Old Tibetan

Old Tibetan refers to the earliest attested form of Tibetan language, reflected in documents from the adoption of writing by the Tibetan Empire in the mid-7th century to the early 9th century.

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Palatal consonant

Palatals are consonants articulated with the body of the tongue raised against the hard palate (the middle part of the roof of the mouth).

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Passive voice

A passive voice construction is a grammatical voice construction that is found in many languages.

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Prenasalized consonant

Prenasalized consonants are phonetic sequences of a nasal and an obstruent (or occasionally a non-nasal sonorant) that behave phonologically like single consonants.

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Qiangic languages

Qiangic (Ch'iang, Kyang, Tsiang, Chinese: 羌語支, "Qiang language group"; also Rmaic, formerly known as Dzorgaic) is a group of related languages within the Sino-Tibetan language family. Japhug language and Qiangic languages are languages of Sichuan.

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Retroflex consonant

A retroflex, apico-domal, or cacuminal consonant is a coronal consonant where the tongue has a flat, concave, or even curled shape, and is articulated between the alveolar ridge and the hard palate.

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Salix magnifica

Salix magnifica is a species of willow in the family Salicaceae.

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Sichuan

Sichuan is a province in Southwestern China occupying the Sichuan Basin and Tibetan Plateau between the Jinsha River on the west, the Daba Mountains in the north and the Yungui Plateau to the south.

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Townships of China

Townships, formally township-level divisions, are the basic level (fourth-level administrative units) of political divisions in the People's Republic of China.

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Trill consonant

In phonetics, a trill is a consonantal sound produced by vibrations between the active articulator and passive articulator.

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Uvular consonant

Uvulars are consonants articulated with the back of the tongue against or near the uvula, that is, further back in the mouth than velar consonants.

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Velar consonant

Velars are consonants articulated with the back part of the tongue (the dorsum) against the soft palate, the back part of the roof of the mouth (also known as the "velum").

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Voiced epiglottal trill

The voiced epiglottal or pharyngeal trill, or voiced epiglottal fricative, is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japhug_language

Also known as Chabao language, Dazang language, Japhug, Japhug Gyalrong, Japhug Gyalrong language, Japhug Gyarung, Japhug Gyarung language, Japhug Jiarong, Japhug Jiarong language, Japhug Rgyalrong, Japhug Rgyalrong language, Japhug rgyal rong, Japhug rgyal-rong, Japhug rgʸal.roŋ, Japhug rgʸal.roŋ language, Kɯrɯ, Kɯrɯ skɤt, Tɕɤpʰɯ.

Japhug language, the Glossary

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See also

Languages of Sichuan

Non-tonal languages in tonal families

Qiangic languages

References