Lish language
| Lish | |
|---|---|
| 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 a dialect of the same language as Chug and Gompatse.
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.
Phonology
[edit source]| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | oral | p b | t d | k ɡ | q ɢ | ||
| aspirated | pʰ | tʰ | kʰ | qʰ | |||
| Affricate | oral | tɕ dʑ | |||||
| aspirated | tɕʰ | ||||||
| Fricative | s z | ɕ ʑ | h | ||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ɴ | ||
| Approximant | w | r, l | j | ||||
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i | u | |
| Mid | e | o | |
| Low | a |
References
[edit source]- 1 2 Lieberherr, Ismael; Bodt, Timotheus Adrianus. 2017. Sub-grouping Kho-Bwa based on shared core vocabulary. In Himalayan Linguistics, 16(2).
- 1 2 Blench, Roger. 2015. The Mey languages and their classification. Presentation given at the University of Sydney.
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