Groma language
{{Short description|Tibetic language spoken in China, Bhutan and India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Groma
|altname=Tromowa
|states=China, Bhutan and India
|region=Chumbi Valley region between Sikkim and Bhutan
|speakers={{sigfig|26,800|2}}
|date=1993–2007
|ref=e25
|familycolor=Sino-Tibetan
|fam2=Tibeto-Kanauri ?
|fam3=Bodish
|fam4=Tibetic
|fam5=Dzongkha–Lhokä
|iso3=gro
|glotto=grom1238
|glottorefname=Groma
}}
Groma, also known as Tromowa and J'umowa, is a language spoken primarily in the lower Chumbi Valley in Tibet, with some speakers in Sikkim in India.{{citation |first=George |last=van Driem |chapter=Endangered Languages of South Asia |editor=Matthias Brenzinger |title=Language Diversity Endangered |publisher=Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |year=2015 |isbn=9783110905694 |page=312 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i3xdDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA312}} It belongs to the southern group of Tibetan languages. Its speakers identify as Tibetans.
References
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Further reading
- {{citation |chapter=Groma |title=Peoples of the Buddhist World: A Christian Prayer Diary |first=Paul |last=Hattaway |publisher=William Carey Library |year=2004 |isbn=9780878083619 |pages=68–69}}
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{{Bodic languages}}
{{Languages of China}}
Category:South Bodish languages
Category:Endangered languages of China
Category:Endangered languages of India
Category:Endangered Sino-Tibetan languages
Category:Endangered languages of Asia
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