Singpho

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A language of India

ISO 639-3
sgp
Alternate Names
Jingphaw, Kachin, Sing-Fo
Autonym
Singpho
User 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.

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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.