Gserpa language


Gserpa is an eastern Tibetic language of Sichuan. It is spoken by a few hundred or thousand people in Sêrba District, Sêrtar County, Sichuan, China and is different from the Tibetan language">Tibetan alphabet">Tibetan language, the dominant Tibetan language in the surrounding region.

Distribution

Gserpa is spoken in Shelgrub Township, Yangs’go Township, Sbomda’ Town, and Rgyashod Township along the lower Gserchu River in eastern Gserthar County in Dkarmdzes Prefecture.
The closely related Khalung language, also known as Rdo, Rdoskad, or Khalong, is spoken to the east of the Gserpa area.