Horpa language
| Horpa | |
|---|---|
| Stau | |
| Native to | China |
| Region | Garzê Prefecture, Sichuan Province |
Native speakers | 50,000 (2002–2004) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:ero – Horpajih – sTodsde (Shangzhai) |
| Glottolog | horp1240 |
| ELP | |
Horpa (also known in some publications as Stau – Chinese: 道孚语 Daofu, 爾龔語 Ergong) are a cluster of closely related Gyalrongic languages of China. Horpa is better understood as a cluster of closely related yet unintelligible dialect groups/languages closely related to Horpa Shangzhai or Stodsde skad. The term Stodsde skad is a Tibetan name meaning "language of the upper village".