Singpho dialect

Singpho
Native to	India
Ethnicity	Singpho
Native speakers	2,500 (2006)[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Sal Jingpho–Luish Jingpho Singpho; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	sgp
Glottolog	sing1264[2]

Singpho is a dialect of the Jingpho language spoken by the Singpho people of Arunachal Pradesh and Assam. It is spoken by at least 3,000 people. "Singpho" is the local pronunciation of "Jingpho".

Traditional Singpho attire

The Jingpho/Singpho (Jinghpaw, Chingp'o), or Kachin, language is a Tibeto-Burman language mainly spoken in Kachin State, Burma (Myanmar) and Yunnan Province, China. The term Kachin language can refer either to the Jingpho language or to a group of languages spoken by various ethnic groups in the same region as Jingpo: Lisu, Lachit, Rawang, Zaiwa, Lhaovo, Achang (Ngo Chang), and Jingpho. These languages are from distinct branches of the highest level of the Tibeto-Burman family. Total estimated native speakers are 950,000 (2001 census).

Singpho is spoken the eastern extreme of northeastern India, such as Bordumsa Circle, Tirap District, Arunachal Pradesh, and also in nearby parts of Lohit District (Dasgupta 1979).

References

Singpho at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Northern Jinghpaw". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

External links

Singpho dictionary (SEAlang library)

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[e18-1] Singpho at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

[Glottolog-2] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Northern Jinghpaw". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.