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Drugchu language

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Drugchu
Native to	China
Region	Gansu
Native speakers	ca. 1000? (2005)^[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Kanauri ? Bodish Tibetic Drugchu
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (`mis`)
Glottolog	`hbru1241` `hbru1242` Hbrugchu

Drugchu (Hbrugchu, Zhugchu) is an endangered^[2] Tibetic language of Gansu spoken by a few hundred or thousand people.^[1]

Phonology

Consonant phonemes of Drugchu
		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal (-alveolar)	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m	n
Plosive/ Affricate	voiceless	p	t	t͡ʃ	k	ʔ
Plosive/ Affricate	voiced	b	d	d͡ʒ	ɡ
Fricative	voiceless	f	s	ʃ	x	h
Fricative	voiced	v	z	ʒ	ɣ
Tap			ɾ
Approximant			l	j

Vowel phonemes of Drugchu
	Front	Back
Close	iː	uː
Mid	e	o
Open	æ	ɒː

References

Tournadre, Nicolas (2005). "L'aire linguistique tibétaine et ses divers dialectes" (PDF). Lalies (in French). 25. Presses de l’Ecole Normale Supérieure: 7–56. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-03.
Tournadre, Nicolas; Suzuki, Hiroyuki (2023). "The geography and the people". The Tibetic Languages: an introduction to the family of languages derived from Old Tibetan. France: LACITO. pp. 83–88. ISBN 9782490768080.