Horpa language

Horpa is one of several closely related Rgyalrongic languages of China. Horpa is better understood as a cluster of closely related yet unintelligible dialect groups/languages. Closely related to Horpa Shangzhai or Stodsde skad. The term Stodsde skad is a Tibetan name meaning "language of the people of the far Northwest". Horpa is spoken in Dasang District, Danba County of Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan. It is also spoken in nearby Daofu/Dawu County 道孚县 རྟའུ་རྫོང་, Sichuan 四川, where it is called 'Stau', pronounced [stawuske]. Ergong is a non-tonal language (Sun 2013).

Horpa language

Horpa is one of several closely related Rgyalrongic languages of China. Horpa is better understood as a cluster of closely related yet unintelligible dialect groups/languages. Closely related to Horpa Shangzhai or Stodsde skad. The term Stodsde skad is a Tibetan name meaning "language of the people of the far Northwest". Horpa is spoken in Dasang District, Danba County of Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan. It is also spoken in nearby Daofu/Dawu County 道孚县 རྟའུ་རྫོང་, Sichuan 四川, where it is called 'Stau', pronounced [stawuske]. Ergong is a non-tonal language (Sun 2013).