g.yag

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yak [IW]

the yak [RY]

male yak [RY]

ox, cow, bull yak, tibetan male yak, bos grunniens, du horn of a yak, yak [JV]

(sman) Domestic Yak and Yak-cow ('bri) (Bos grunniens) (Drungtso 1999)

g.yag ni/ yul 'brong dang mo la 'bri zer/ bod kho nar byung ba'i ba glang spu ring ba/ rwa dang sna gyen du brdzi ba kha dog nag sngo dkar sogs yod cing de'i rwas rwa tsha bzo ba'o// shel sgong las/ rgod 'brong dang phyugs g.yags thug rwas rma 'bras pho nad sel// zhes gsungs so// (mDzes mtshar mig rgyan, print p 242)

Illustrations : 'Phrin Las 1987 (23_064) g.yag (23_106) g.yag sha (33_080) g.yag sre bo'i sbugs zhes pho rtsa'i khrag (33_110) g.yag rog po'i mkhris pa (24_033) 'bri'i 'o ma (23_124) 'bri'i mar. Jam-dpal (print p 242) g.yag

The domestication of the yak mirrors the human population development on the Tibetan Plateau, colonized since about 30 000 years Befor Present, with human population expansions during the early Neolithic (10,000–7,000 yr BP) and late Holocene (4,000–3,000 yr BP). Domestication is estimated about 7 300 yr BPt by nomadic herders (the first findings of settlements are not older than 5 200 yr BP), with a strong increase of its population 3 600 yr BP (which co-incides with the beginning of barley culture). The same estimation states a serious decline of the wild yak population 500 years ago.
For the Wild yak see 'brong.
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 11:47, 18 February 2024 (EST)