| Singpho | |
|---|---|
| Native to | India |
| Ethnicity | Singpho |
Native speakers | 2,500 (2006)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | sgp |
| Glottolog | sing1264 |
| ELP | Singpho |
Singpho is a dialect of theJingpho language spoken by theSingpho people ofArunachal Pradesh andAssam,India. It is spoken by at least 3,000 people. "Singpho" is the local pronunciation of "Jingpho," and the dialect shares 50%lexical similarity with Jingpho.[2]
TheJingpho (Jinghpaw, Chingp'o), or Kachin, language is a Tibeto-Burman language mainly spoken inKachin State,Myanmar andYunnan 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 Jingpho: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. The total estimated native speakers are 950,000 (2001 census).[full citation needed]
Singpho is spoken the eastern extreme of northeasternIndia, such as Bordumsa Circle,Tirap District,Arunachal Pradesh, and also in nearby parts ofLohit District.[3]
Singpho lacks the system of person-numberagreement on an auxiliary particle found in the other dialects of Jingpho. DeLancey attributes this tocreolization "in the broad sense", as a simplification brought about by a large population of enslavedAssamese rice farmers learning Singpho as a second language.[4]
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| WesternHimalayas (Himachal, Uttarakhand,Nepal,Sikkim) |
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| Myanmar and Indo- Burmese border |
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| East andSoutheast Asia |
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| Dubious (possible isolates,Arunachal) |
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