| Sunam | |
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| sunnampakad | |
| Region | Himachal Pradesh |
Native speakers | 390 (2020)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ssk |
| Glottolog | suna1241 |
Sunam[2] is an underdocumentedSino-Tibetan language spoken inSunnam village,Kinnaur district, Himachal Pradesh, India.
Sunam is spoken by the upper casteScheduled Tribe community of Sunnam that makes up about 58% of the village's population. It exists in intese contact withShumcho, a related but not mutually intelligible language spoken by the lowerScheduled Caste community in the same village, as well as regionallingua francaKinnauri and Hindi and English that dominate the school system of Himachal Pradesh.Nepali and variousWestern Pahari languages are spoken by migratory laborers also present in the village.
Despite its small size and widespreadmultilingualism, the Sunam-speaking community has a positive attitude towards its language, which is still transmitted to children and used in all domains of daily life.[1]
Sino-Tibetan branches | |||||
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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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