The Qiang and other related ethnicities speak the Qiangic languages, also part of the Tibeto-Burman languages. 羌族与有关的少数民族使用羌语,羌语也属于藏缅语系。
Verbs in the rGyalrong language ( Tibeto-Burman family, northwestern Sichuan) undergo abundant derivational processes via prefixal morphology, with an essential role to play in the grammar. 嘉戎语动词有丰富的形态变化,在语法体系中起到重要的作用。