Chaudangsi language
| Chaudangsi | |
|---|---|
| Native to | India |
| Region | Uttarakhand |
Native speakers | (1,800 cited 2000)[1] |
Sino-Tibetan
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | cdn |
| Glottolog | chau1259 |
| ELP | Chaudangsi |
Chaudangsi is a West Himalayish language of the Sino-Tibetan family, spoken in the Chaudans region of Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand, India.[1] It is closely related to Byangsi and Darmiya, and the three languages are mutually intelligible.[2] Speakers of all three languages collectively refer to their speech as "Ranglo" and to themselves as Rang.[2]
Geographic distribution
[edit]Chaudangsi is spoken in the Chaudans patti (sub-division) of the old parganah Darma, a region of approximately 100 square miles situated between the Kali and Dhauli rivers from their confluence northwards, in Dharchula tehsil of Pithoragarh district.[3][1] Chaudans lies between the Darma Valley to the west and the Byans region to the north-east, bounded by the Nirpaniya Dhura ridge.[4]
Villages where Chaudansi is spoken include Panggu, Rongto, Rimzim, Waiku, Monggong, Chilla, Song, Sosa, Sirdang, Sirkha, Rung, Zipti, Gala, Tangkul, and Syang Khola.[1] The 1911 Almora Gazetteer recorded 1,485 speakers of Chaudansi in the patti.[5]
Classification
[edit]Chaudangsi is part of a group of four small West Himalayish languages spoken in the former "state of Almora" in Kumaon, now divided between India's Uttarakhand and far-western Nepal: Rangkas, Darmiya, Chaudangsi, and Byangsi.[6] The Linguistic Survey of India classified these languages as belonging to the eastern subgroup of the complex pronominalized Himalayan languages of the Tibeto-Burman family.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 Chaudangsi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- 1 2 Sharma, Suhnu Ram (2001). "A Study on the Tibeto-Burman Languages of Uttar Pradesh". In LaPolla, Randy (ed.). New Research on Zhangzhung and Related Himalayan Languages. Vol. 2.
- ↑ Atkinson, Edwin Thomas (1882). The Himalayan Gazetteer, Volume III, Part I. Cosmo Publications. p. 171.
- ↑ Walton, H. G., ed. (1911). Almora: A Gazetteer. District Gazetteers of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh. Vol. 35. Government Press, United Provinces. pp. 227–229.
- 1 2 Walton, H. G., ed. (1911). Almora: A Gazetteer. District Gazetteers of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh. Vol. 35. Government Press, United Provinces. p. 98.
- ↑ Benedict, Paul K. (1972). Matisoff, James A. (ed.). Sino-Tibetan: A Conspectus. CUP Archive. pp. 7–8.
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