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Groma language

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Groma
Tromowa
Native toChina, Bhutan and India
RegionChumbi Valley region between Sikkim and Bhutan
Native speakers
(27,000 cited 1993–2007)[1]
Sino-Tibetan
Language codes
ISO 639-3gro
Glottologgrom1238

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.[2] It belongs to the southern group of Tibetan languages. Its speakers identify as Tibetans.

References

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  1. ^ Groma at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ van Driem, George (2015), "Endangered Languages of South Asia", in Matthias Brenzinger (ed.), Language Diversity Endangered, Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG, p. 312, ISBN 9783110905694

Further reading

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  • Hattaway, Paul (2004), "Groma", Peoples of the Buddhist World: A Christian Prayer Diary, William Carey Library, pp. 68–69, ISBN 9780878083619