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| Zakhring | |
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| Meyor | |
| Native to | India |
| Region | Arunachal |
| Ethnicity | Zekhring people |
Native speakers | 1000 (2007)[1] |
Sino-Tibetan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | zkr |
| Glottolog | zakh1243 |
| ELP | Zakhring |
 Zakhring is classified as Definitely Endangered by theUNESCOAtlas of the World's Languages in Danger. | |
Zahkring (also Eastern Mishmi or Zaiwa; known asMeyor in India andZha (Zhahua 扎话) in China) is a language ofArunachal Pradesh and 3 villages in Tibet.[2]
Zakhring has been classified as aMidzuish language.[3] Blench and Post (2011) consider Zakhring to be anEast Bodish language that has been influenced byMidzu (which they classify as alanguage isolate) or other divergent languages of the region.[4] In 2015, Blench suggests that Zakhring may be a language isolate.[5] Blench argues that Zakhring had borrowed heavily from Midzu andTibetic, and then later borrowed fromNaga languages and Jingpho as well.
Scott DeLancey (2015)[6] considers Meyor to be part of a widerCentral Tibeto-Burman group.
Li and Jiang (2001)[2] reports that the Zakhring have no actual autonym, but are referred to by the neighboringTaraon,Kaman language,Idu, and Tibetan peoples by various names.
According to Li and Jiang (2001), the Kaman exonym for the Tibetan people ofBomi County (波密县) issi31dut55pu55. The Taraon refer to the Tibetans asla31ma35, while the Kaman refer to the Tibetans asde31loŋ55.
In China, Zakhring is spoken in Songgu (松古村), Lading (拉丁村), and Tama (塔玛村) villages in Lower Zayü Township (下察隅乡),Zayü County (察隅县),Tibet.[2]
In India, Meyor communities are found in the following 15 villages of Kibthoo Circle and Walong Circle ofAnjaw District,Arunachal Pradesh. The total population of the villages numbered 376 as of May 2001.[7]
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| WesternHimalayas (Himachal, Uttarakhand,Nepal,Sikkim) |
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| EasternHimalayas (Tibet,Bhutan,Arunachal) | |||||
| Myanmar and Indo- Burmese border |
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| East andSoutheast Asia |
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| Dubious (possible isolates,Arunachal) |
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| Proto-languages | |||||
Italics indicates single languages that are also considered to be separate branches. | |||||
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