| Stod Bhoti | |
|---|---|
| སྟོད་པ་sTodpa | |
| Native to | India |
| Region | Himachal Pradesh |
Native speakers | (2,500 cited 1996)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | sbu |
| Glottolog | stod1241 |
Stod Bhoti (sTodpa), occasionally known asLahul Bhoti orLahuli, is aTibetic language spoken in theLahaul and Spiti district ofHimachal Pradesh, India. It forms a closely knit group with otherLahuli–Spiti languages, and is fairly close toStandard Tibetan.[2]
According toEthnologue, dialects are Stod proper (Kolong), Khoksar (i.e. Khoksar Bhoti) and Mayar (Mayar Bhoti, or Mayari). They report 85% intelligibility of the Stod dialect by Khoksar, 75% by Mayar, 62% of Khoksar by Mayar, and 95% of Khoksar by Stod Bhoti. There is a 74% lexical similarity with the related languageSpiti Bhoti.[1]
The area of Lahaul where the language is spoken was named "Kothi Kolong" after Kolong, the chief village of the Kothi.[clarification needed] Grierson termed the language the "Lahaul dialect".
The language was first studied after the foundation of a Moravian Church mission office in 1854. In 1881, H.A. Jaeschke published a Tibetan–English dictionary that included a comparative table of words from different languages spoken in the region, including Stod Bhoti, but without explicitly mentioning the name of the language.
In 1934, Roerich studied this language extensively, naming it 'Kolong' after its chief village.
ThePeople's Linguistic Survey of India (PLSI) identified two prominent features of the language: a distinct tone and simplification of compound consonants.[3] A grammar book has also been published.[4]
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| WesternHimalayas (Himachal, Uttarakhand,Nepal,Sikkim) |
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| Myanmar and Indo- Burmese border |
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| Dubious (possible isolates,Arunachal) |
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