Queyu
[aka Choyo, Zhaba, 卻隅話]Classification: Sino-Tibetan
·threatened
- LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS
A Xifan group, members of the Tibetan nationality; 7,000 of this group at the borders of these three counties; the Chinese names are both attempts to represent the phonetic value of their autonym. They are Tibetan Buddhists, and use Tibetan as a liturgical language.
- PLACES
- China
- LOCATION DESCRIPTION
Western Sichuan, Yalong, Xinlong and Litang counties