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}}

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Category:Languages of Bhutan

Category:Languages of China

Category:Languages of India

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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