| Rongpo | |
|---|---|
| Rangpo[1] | |
| /r~øpø/[2] | |
| Native to | India |
| Region | Uttarakhand |
| Ethnicity | Rongpo people |
Native speakers | 7,500 (2001)[3] |
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| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | rnp |
| Glottolog | rong1264 |
| ELP | Rongpo |
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Rongpo (also known asRangpo[1] andRang Po Bhasa[2]) is aWest Himalayish language spoken inUttarakhand,India.George Abraham Grierson originally called the language the Garhwal dialect of one of theTibetic languages, but is now considered its own independent language.[2]
Rongpo is spoken in the following locations ofUttarakhand, India (Ethnologue).
The two different dialects of Rongpo are called the Marcha(Marchha) and the Tolcha(Tolchha) dialect,[1] Both dialects only have a difference in the phonetic level and are written in the same way.[2]
Marcha dialect is spoken in Mana and Niti valleys.[2]
| Tolcha | |
|---|---|
| Tolchha[1] | |
| Native to | India |
| Region | Niti Valley |
| Ethnicity | Tolcchas |
| Extinct | since the 1950s[4] |
Sino-Tibetan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
rnp-tol | |
| Glottolog | tolc1238 |
| ELP | Rongpo |
There are a few Tolchha dialect speakers in Niti valley. Tolcha is usually considered its own independent and separate language from Rongpo.[5][6] Tolcha has been considered extinct by theUNESCOAtlas of the World's Languages in Danger since the 1950s.[4]
7,500 (2001 D. Bradley).
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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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