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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Asia > China > Zhaba

Zhaba

A language of China

ISO 639-3zhb

Population  7,700 (1995).
Region  Southwest Sichuan Province, Ganzi (Garzê) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Yajiang (Nyagquka) County, Zhamai District; Daofu (Dawu) County, Zhaba District; Litang and Xinlong counties.
Language map  China
Alternate names   Zaba
Dialects  Eastern Zhaba, Western Zhaba. Similar to Queyu [qvy].
Classification  Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Tangut-Qiang, Qiangic
Comments  Classified as Tibetan nationality. Different from Queyu, also called ‘Zhaba’. Buddhist (Lamaist), traditional religion.