Lish language
Language spoken in Northeast India
Lish | |
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Lishpa, Khispi | |
Region | Arunachal Pradesh |
Ethnicity | Lishipa |
Native speakers | 1,500 (2017)[1] |
Language family | Sino-Tibetan?
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ISO 639-3 | lsh |
Glottolog | lish1235 |
Lish (also called Lishpa or Khispi) is a Kho-Bwa language of West Kameng district, Arunachal Pradesh in India. It is closely related to Chug.
The Lish (population 1,567 in 1981) live in Dirang village, a few miles from Chug village, and in Gompatse. The Gompatse variety is not Lish proper, but is rather a lect closely related to Lish.[2]
Lish is also spoken in Khispi village.[2] Despite speaking languages closely related to Mey (Sherdukpen), the people identify as Monpa, not Mey.
According to Lieberherr & Bodt (2017),[1] Lish is spoken by 1,500 people in 3 main villages.
References
- ^ a b Lieberherr, Ismael; Bodt, Timotheus Adrianus. 2017. Sub-grouping Kho-Bwa based on shared core vocabulary. In Himalayan Linguistics, 16(2).
- ^ a b Blench, Roger. 2015. The Mey languages and their classification. Presentation given at the University of Sydney.
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