Bokar or Bokar-Ramo (; ) is a Tani language spoken by the Lhoba in West Siang district, Arunachal Pradesh, India (Megu 1990) and Nanyi Township 南伊珞巴民族乡, Mainling County, Tibet Autonomous Region, China (Ouyang 1985).
The Ramo dialect is spoken in Mechukha Subdivision and Monigong Circle (Badu 2004).
Phonology
Consonants LabialAlveolar(Alveolo-)palatalVelarGlottalplainpal.PlosivevoicelessppʲtkvoicedbbʲdɡAffricatevoicelesstɕvoiceddʑFricative(s)ɕh, (ɦ)NasalmmʲnɲŋTrillrApproximantwlj
The pronunciation of /ɕ/ may vary between [ɕ] and [s] among different dialects. Some speakers may also pronounce /tɕ/ as [ts] when preceding vowels other than /i/. /h/ can be realized as either voiced [ɦ] or [h], when preceding /i/. Stops /p t k/ are heard as unreleased [p̚ t̚ k̚] in word-coda position. A retroflex affricate /tʂ/ can also occur only from Tibetan loanwords.
Vowels FrontCentralBack Closei(ɨ)ɯuMideəoOpen a
/ɯ/ can also be heard as more central [ɨ]. /o/ is heard as more open and nasalized before /ŋ/ as [ɔ̃ŋ].
Writing system Bokar is written in the Latin script in India and the Tibetan script in China. +IPAabt͡ɕʈ͡ʂdeəghɦiɯd͡ʑklmnŋn̠ʲoprɕtuwjʔLatinabcchdeëghhhiïjklmnngnyoprstuwy'TibetanཨབཙཅདཨེགཧའཨིཇཀལམནངཉཨོཔརསཏཨུཝཡN/A Diphthongs are written as a digraph of there vowels, <y> is used to mark palatalization.
Glottal stops before vowels are unwritten in tibetan.
References
Badu, Tapoli. 2004. Ramo language guide. Itanagar: Directorate of Research, Government of Arunachal Pradesh. Ouyang, Jueya. 1985. Luobazu Yuyan Jianzhi (Bengni-Boga'eryu) [Brief Description of the Luoba Nationality Language (The Bengni-Bokar Language)]. Beijing: Minzu Chubanshe.