Shumcho language
Sino-Tibetan language of India
| Shumcho | |
|---|---|
| Region | Himachal Pradesh |
Native speakers | 2400 (2022)[1] |
Language family | Sino-Tibetan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | scu |
| Glottolog | shum1243 |
Shumcho[2] is an underdocumented Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Kinnaur district, Himachal Pradesh, India.
Shumcho speakers make up a majority of the population in the villages of Kanam, Labrang, Spillo, Shyaso, Rushkalang and Taling. They also reside in the mixed villages of Sunnam, Jangi, Lippa and Asrang where they belong to the lower Scheduled Caste. Upper-caste Scheduled Tribe dwellers of the same villages speak related but distinct languages, Sunam and Jangshung.[3]
References
- ^ Negi, Harvinder Kumar (2022), "Linguistic Demography of Himachal Pradesh", Nepalese Linguistics, 35: 70–78, retrieved 2023-02-08
- ^ also known as Sumcho
- ^ "Research and Documenting Endangered Languages of Kinnaur", Austrian Academy of Sciences, retrieved 2023-02-08
Bibliography
- Huber, Christian (2011), "Some notes on gender and number marking in Shumcho", in Gerda Lechleitner; Christian Liebl (eds.), Jahrbuch des Phonogrammarchivs der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 2, Göttingen: Cuvillier, pp. 52–90
- Huber, Christian (2014), "Subject and object agreement in Shumcho", in Nathan Hill; Thomas Owen-Smith (eds.), Trans-Himalayan Linguistics, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, pp. 221–274
- Huber, Christian (2014), "The Verbal Plural Marker in Shumcho", in Ludmila Veselovská; Markéta Janebová (eds.), Complex Visibles Out There, Olomouc: Palacky University, pp. 193–216
- Huber, Christian (2019), "Progressivity and habituality in Shumcho", STUF - Language Typology and Universals, 72 (1): 83–132
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Sino-Tibetan branches
(Himachal, Uttarakhand, Nepal, Sikkim)
| Greater Magaric |
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(Tibet, Bhutan, Arunachal)
| "Naga" | |
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| Sal |
| Burmo-Qiangic |
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(Arunachal)
| Greater Siangic |
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Italics indicates single languages that are also considered to be separate branches.
