Horpa language

Horpa
Horpa
Stau
Native to	China
Region	Garzê Prefecture, Sichuan Province
Native speakers	50,000 (2002–2004)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman Qiangic Gyalrongic West Gyalrongic Horpa; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; ero – Horpa; jih – sTodsde (Shangzhai)
Glottolog	horp1240
ELP	Horpa; Nyagrong Minyag;

Horpa (also known in some publications as Stau – Chinese: 道孚语 Daofu, 爾龔語 Ergong) are a cluster of closely related Gyalrongic 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 upper village".

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