Publications

Publication details [#62608]

Suzuki, Hiroyuki and Sonam Wangmo. 2017. Language evolution and vitality of Lhagang Tibetan: a Tibetic language as a minority in Minyag Rabgang. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 2017 (245) : 63–90.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

evolution of language | language variety | language vitality | minority language | standard1 vs. dialect2

Language as a subject

Languages, Tibetan

Place, Publisher

De Gruyter

Journal WWW

www.degruyter.com/journal/key/IJSL/html

Annotation

This article debates: (1) the geographical definition of Minyag Rabgang and the distribution of languages within it; (2) the actual situation of the Tibetic languages spoken around Lhagang Monastery, and; (3) the ongoing language evolution and vitality of the sedentary Khams variety of Lhagang Tibetan.