Zbu language

Zbu
Zbu
Showu
Native to	China
Region	Sichuan
Native speakers	6,000 (2012)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Qiangic Gyalrongic Gyalrong Zbu; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	(included in Gyalrong jya)
Glottolog	zbua1234

Zbu (Chinese: 日部; pinyin: Rìbù), or Showu, is a Gyalrong language spoken in Sichuan, China.

Phonology

		Labial	Dental	Alveolar	Retroflex	Alveopalatal	Palatal	Velar	Uvular
Occlusive	nasal	m	n				ɲ	ŋ
	prenasalized	ᵐb	ⁿd	ⁿdz	ᶯɖʐ	ᶮdʑ	ᶮɟ	ᵑɡ	ᶰɢ
	voiced	b	d	dz	ɖʐ	dʑ	ɟ	ɡ	ɢ
	voiceless	p	t	ts	ʈʂ	tɕ	c	k	q
	aspirated	pʰ	tʰ	tsʰ	ʈʂʰ	tɕʰ	cʰ	kʰ	qʰ
Continuant	voiced	w	ɮ	z	ʐ	ʑ	j	ɣ	ʁ
Continuant	voiceless		ɬ	s	ʂ	ɕ		x	χ

Zbu has nine vowel phonemes: a, o, u, ɤ, ɯ, ø, y, e and i.

Gates (2012: 105–106) lists the following locations where Zbu is spoken. It is spoken by over 6,000 people in 28 villages.

Sìdàbà (Stod-pa) District of Barkam County: in Kāngshān (Khang-sar) and Rìbù (rDzong-’bur) Townships.
Rangtang County: Wúyī Township and Shili Township, in Shàngdàshígōu, Zhōngdàshígōu, and Xiàdàshígōu Villages; Shili Township also has Shangzhai (sTodsde/Northern Horpa) speakers.
Gēlètuó Township, Seda County, Ganzi Prefecture: in Tshopo, Nyagluo, Rabde, and Tshekho Villages.
Southwestern corner of Ābà/rNga-ba County: in Kēhé and Róngān Townships (Asejie, Mengu, Sharga, Ganba, and Tsega Villages). Amdo Tibetan is the local lingua franca.

1 2 Gates, Jesse P. (2012). Situ In Situ: Towards a Dialectology of Jiāróng (rGyalrong) (M.A. thesis). Trinity Western University.
↑ Tournadre, Nicolas (2005). "L'aire linguistique tibétaine et ses divers dialectes" [The Tibetan Linguistic Area and Its Various Dialects] (PDF). Lalies No. 25 (in French). Paris: Éditions Rue d'Ulm. pp. 7–56. ISBN 2-7288-0346-3.

Gong, Xun (2014). "The Personal Agreement System of Zbu Rgyalrong (Ngyaltsu Variety)". Transactions of the Philological Society. 112 (1): 44–60. doi:10.1111/1467-968X.12007.
Gong, Xun (2018). Le rgyalrong zbu, une langue tibéto-birmane de Chine du Sud-ouest. Une étude descriptive, typologique et comparative [Zbu Rgyalrong, a Tibeto-Burman Language of Southwest China: A Descriptive, Typological and Comparative Study] (Doctoral thesis) (in French). INALCO-CNRS-EHESS.

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