| Lish | |
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| Lishpa, Khispi | |
| Region | Arunachal Pradesh |
| Ethnicity | Lishipa |
Native speakers | 1,500 (2017)[1] |
Sino-Tibetan?
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| Language codes | |
| 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
[edit]- ^ 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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| Western Himalayas (Himachal, Uttarakhand, Nepal, Sikkim) |
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| Eastern Himalayas (Tibet, Bhutan, Arunachal) | |||||
| Myanmar and Indo- Burmese border |
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| East and Southeast Asia |
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| Dubious (possible isolates) (Arunachal) |
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| Greater Siangic |
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| Hrusish | |||||||||||
| Kho-Bwa |
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