rGyalrong
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From the capitalised variant of the Wylie transliteration of Tibetan རྒྱལ་རོང (rgyal rong), the Tibetan name for the speakers of these languages.
Proper noun
rGyalrong
- Any of a group of rGyalrongic languages in the Sino-Tibetan language family, spoken in western Sichuan, China.
Usage notes
- The Wylie transliteration capitalizes the first letters of words (like R in Rgyalrong). Some other systems of transliteration capitalize the "root letters" as specified by the Tibetan script orthography (like G in rGyalrong).
Derived terms
- rGyalrongic, rGyalronic