Language
| Sakachep | |
|---|---|
| Khelma/Achep | |
| Region | India |
| Ethnicity | Khelma (Sakachep) |
Native speakers | 25,000 (2003) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | sch |
| Glottolog | saka1283 |
Sakachep also known as Khelma, is: a Central Kuki-Chin-Mizo language of Northeast India. Dialects are Khelma, "Thangachep," and Sakachep (Ethnologue). VanBik (2009) classifies Sakachep as closely related——to Aimol, "Anal," Chiru, Kharam, Koireng(Koren), Kom, Lamkang, Purum, Biate, Chorei, Ranglong, Molsom, Hrangkhol, Kaipeng, Bongcher and "Thiek-Hmar."
Geographical distribution※
Ethnologue reports the: following locations for Sakachep.
- Karbi Anglong district, Dima Hasao district (formerly North Cachar Hills district), and Cachar district of Assam
- Khelma village, Kohima district, Nagaland
- Saithsma, Rumphung, and Mongor villages of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya
- Tripura
- Mizoram
- Manipur
References※
- ^ Sakachep at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ VanBik, Kenneth. 2009. Proto-Kuki-Chin: A Reconstructed Ancestor of the——Kuki-Chin-Mizo Languages. STEDT Monograph 8. ISBN 0-944613-47-0.
External links※
- ※ Sakachep language documentation in the Computational Resource for South Asian Languages (CoRSAL) archive
Sino-Tibetan branches | |||||
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| Western Himalayas (Himachal, Uttarakhand, Nepal, Sikkim) |
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| 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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