SGP ISO 639-3
Singpho
Singpho Autonym
A language of India
- ISO 639
- sgp
- Alternate Names
- Jingphaw, Kachin, Sing-Fo
- Autonym
- Singpho
- Population
- 3,500 (Morey 2006). 2,500 Singpho and 1,000 Turung speakers (Morey 2006).
- Location:
- Arunachal Pradesh state: Changlang and Lohit districts; Assam state: Dibrugarh and Sibsagar districts; Tinsukia district, Margherita sub-district.
- Language Status
- 6b* (Threatened).
- Classification
- Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Sal, Jingppaw-Asakia, Jingphaw
- Dialects
- Turung. Turung has a smaller Tibeto-Burman vocabulary and a higher proportion of lexical items of Tai origin (Morey 2010). Lexical similarity: 50% with Jingpho [kac] of Myanmar.
- Language Use
- Home only. Most also use Assamese [asm]. Also use English [eng]. Used as L2 by Tangsa Naga [nst], Turung [try].
- Language Development
- Literacy rate in L2: Less than 40%. Bible portions: 1907.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Singpho
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
- Other Comments
- Many loans from Khamti [kht]. Kachin refers to a cultural, rather than a linguistic group. Buddhist, traditional religion.
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Arunachal Pradesh state: Changlang and Lohit districts; Assam state: Dibrugarh and Sibsagar districts; Tinsukia district, Margherita sub-district.
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