<div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Hi Gerald,</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">The woman in recording is speaking Heishui Qiang. I grew up in Sichuan china and have been learning Qiang for the past several years. You are right that this is a non-tibetan language and is spoken by the ethnic Tibetans in Heishui county as well as the Qiang in Mao, Wen, and Li counties. Maybe the director could correct / address this issue before the film comes out? I was very excited to hear Qiang as soon as I played the recording!</div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Best,</div><div class="im" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div><br></div><div>
Nate</div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Apr 6, 2014 at 5:48 AM, Gerald Roche <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gjroche@gmail.com" target="_blank">gjroche@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Dear all,<div><br></div><div>Is anyone able to identify the language being spoken by the woman in this film?<br>
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</div><div><br></div><div>I met the film-maker at a conference recently, and saw a draft version of the film, in which the language is described as a 'dialect of Tibetan', which is obviously problematic. It would be great if the film could actually name the language being spoken. Any help appreciated. I can provide an audio sample of the language if needed.</div>
</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Gerald Roche</div></div>
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