Also Known As:
Bai Ma, Pe, 白馬語
Dialects & Varieties
- Southern Baima
- Northern Baima
- Western Baima
East and Southeast Asia
Bradley, David. 2007. "East and Southeast Asia." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 349-424. London & New York: Routledge.
Threatened
40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~10,000
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 2
A majority of community members speak the language. Speaker numbers are gradually decreasing.
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Speakers
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Ethnic or community population
~14,000
Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
Classified in the Tibetan nationality. The language is inundated with Tibetan loanwords.
Location and Context
Countries
China
Location Description
Northern Sichuan, Pingwu, Jiuzhaigou and Songpan counties and Wenxian County, Gansu Province
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Other Languages Used By The Community
Amdo Tibetan, Chinese
Number of Other Language Speakers:
None
Domains of Other Languages:
None
Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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Recent Resources
Focuses on education in Tibet China while highlighting the development of a teaching system in which
An Introduction to and Annotated Translation of dMu dge bSam gtan's Essays on Dwags po (Baima Zangzu
This article treats the question of whether the Baima language is an independent language
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