Choyo language

Queyu
Choyi
Native to	China
Native speakers	7,000 (1995)^[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Qiangic Zhaba–Queyu Queyu
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`qvy`
Glottolog	`quey1238`^[2]

Queyu (Choyo) is a poorly attested Qiangic language of Yajiang County and Xinlong County, Sichuan, as well as Tibet. It is similar with and shares a name with Zhaba, but is distinct.

References

↑ Queyu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Queyu". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Qiangic languages

Ersuic

Ersu
Lizu
Tosu †

Naic (Naxish) ?

Namuyi
Shixing
Naic languages: Naxi, Na, Laze

Core Qiangic

Choyo
Guiqiong
Muya
Pumi
Northern Qiang
Southern Qiang
Tangut †
Zhaba

Rgyalrongic	Rgyalrong (Japhug, Tshobdun, Zbu, Situ) Horpa Khroskyabs

Mixed

Baima

Cross (†) and italics indicate extinct languages.

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