Dzala_language
Dzala language
Bodish language spoken in Bhutan
For the Omotic language called Zala, see Wolaytta language.
The Dzala language, also called Dzalakha, Dzalamat, or Yangtsebikha, is an East Bodish language spoken in eastern Bhutan, in the Lhuntse and Trashiyangtse Districts.[2]
Consonants
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| Labial | Dental/ Alveolar |
Post-alveolar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | |||||
| Stop | aspirated | pʰ | tʰ | kʰ | |||
| voiced | b | d | ɡ | ||||
| ejective | pʼ | tʼ | kʼ | qʼ | |||
| Affricate | aspirated | t͡sʰ | t͡ʃʰ | ||||
| voiced | d͡z | d͡ʒ | |||||
| ejective | t͡sʼ | t͡ʃʼ | |||||
| Fricative | voiceless | s | ʃ | x | h | ||
| voiced | v | z | ʒ | ɣ | |||
| Vibrant | r | ||||||
| Lateral | l | ||||||
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Vowels
- Dzala at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- van Driem, George L. (1993). "Language Policy in Bhutan". London: SOAS. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-11-01. Retrieved 2011-01-18.
- van Driem, George (2001). Languages of the Himalayas: An Ethnolinguistic Handbook of the Greater Himalayan Region: Containing an Introduction to the Symbiotic Theory of Language. Brill. p. 1412. ISBN 90-04-12062-9.
- van Driem, George (2007). "Endangered Languages of Bhutan and Sikkim: East Bodish Languages". In Moseley, Christopher (ed.). Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages. Routledge. p. 295. ISBN 0-7007-1197-X.
- Namgyel, Singye. The Language Web of Bhutan. Thimphu: KMT.
- van Driem, George L; Karma Tshering of Gaselô (collab) (1998). Dzongkha. Languages of the Greater Himalayan Region. Leiden: Research School CNWS, School of Asian, African, and Amerindian Studies. ISBN 90-5789-002-X.
- van Driem, George (2007). "Dzala and Dakpa form a coherent subgroup within East Bodish, and some related thoughts" (PDF). Linguistics of the Himalayas and beyond: 71–85.
