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Qiang language, the Glossary

Qiang language, called Rma (尔玛) or Rme by its speakers, is a Sino-Tibetan language cluster of the Qiangic branch spoken by approximately 140,000 people in north-central Sichuan Province, China.^[1]

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Qiang people
Qiangic languages

Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County

Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County (Qiang: Juda Rrmea nyujugvexueaji xae) is a county under the jurisdiction of Mianyang City in northern 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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The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) is a Chinese state research institute and think tank.

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Dialect

Dialect (from Latin,, from the Ancient Greek word, 'discourse', from, 'through' and, 'I speak') refers to two distinctly different types of linguistic relationships.

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English alphabet

Modern English is written with a Latin-script alphabet consisting of 26 letters, with each having both uppercase and lowercase forms.

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Heishui County

Heishui County (Qiang: Vvlukvua) is a county in the north of Sichuan Province, China.

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Latin-script alphabet

A Latin-script alphabet (Latin alphabet or Roman alphabet) is an alphabet that uses letters of the Latin script.

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Li County, Sichuan

Li County or Lixian (s;; Qiang: pauɕuq), formerly known as Lifan (理番), is a county in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, China.

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Mao County

Mao County or Maoxian (Qiang: Shgvunyi) is a county in Ngawa Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China.

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Minzu University of China

The Minzu University of China (MUC) is a national public university in Beijing, China.

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National Ethnic Affairs Commission

The National Ethnic Affairs Commission (中华人民共和国国家民族事务委员会) is a body under the leadership of the United Front Work Department of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party that is responsible for administering the Chinese ethnic policies, researching ethnological theories, carrying out ethnic work and education, supervising the implementation and improvement of the system of regional ethnic autonomy, and overseeing the protection of the rights and interests of ethnic minorities in China.

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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. Qiang language and Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture are Qiang people.

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Northern Qiang language

Northern Qiang is a Sino-Tibetan language of the Qiangic branch, more specifically falling under the Tibeto-Burman family. Qiang language and Northern Qiang language are Qiang people and Qiangic languages.

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Pumi language

The Pumi language (also known as Prinmi) is a Qiangic language used by the Pumi people, an ethnic group from Yunnan, China, as well as by the Tibetan people of Muli in Sichuan, China. Qiang language and Pumi language are Qiangic languages.

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Qiang people

The Qiang people (Qiangic: Rrmea) are an ethnic group in China.

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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.

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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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Sino-Tibetan languages

Sino-Tibetan, also cited as Trans-Himalayan in a few sources, is a family of more than 400 languages, second only to Indo-European in number of native speakers.

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Songpan County

Songpan County, former Songzhou, is a county of northwestern Sichuan province, China, and is one of the 13 counties administered by the Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture.

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Southern Qiang language

Southern Qiang is a Sino-Tibetan language of the Qiangic branch spoken by approximately 81,300 people along the Minjiang river in Sichuan Province, China. Qiang language and Southern Qiang language are Qiang people and Qiangic languages.

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Tibeto-Burman languages

The Tibeto-Burman languages are the non-Sinitic members of the Sino-Tibetan language family, over 400 of which are spoken throughout the Southeast Asian Massif ("Zomia") as well as parts of East Asia and South Asia.

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