Alternate Names: Kyerong, Kyirong
Dialects: None known. Reportedly most similar with Kagate ,. Lexical similarity: 89% with Helambu Sherpa ,, 83% with Tibetan ,.
Status Notes: Language of recognized nationality: Tibetan.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 100 in China (2002). Population total all countries: 600.
Language Development: Dictionary. Grammar.
Typology: SOV; postpositions; content q-word placed directly before copula and main verb; clause constituents indicated by case-marking; ergativity: Split S system; 26 consonant and 24 vowel phonemes; tonal.
Writing System: Unwritten
Nation of Origin: China
Other Comments: Buddhist (Lamaist).