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Sartang
But(pa)
Native toIndia
RegionArunachal Pradesh
Native speakers
1,000 (2005)[1]
Possibly Tibeto-Burman
Language codes
ISO 639-3onp
Glottologsart1249

Sartang is a small language of India. It is one of the Kho-Bwa languages,[2] closest to Sherdukpen (50–60% lexical similarity).[1] Varieties include Sartang of Jergaon and Sartang of Rahung (Blench 2015).[3]

Distribution[edit]

Sartang (Boot Monpa) is spoken in the villages of Khoitam, Rahung, Namku-thangka (Salari), and Boot (Jerigaon) Khoina, West Kameng District (Dondrup 2004:1).[4] There were 2,986 Sartang people as of 1996.

The Ethnologue lists Jerigaon, Sellary, Khoitam, Rahung, Darbu and Khoina villages in Nafra and Dirang circles, West Kameng district.

Varieties[edit]

According to Roger Blench (2015),[3] Sartang is a cover term referring to various languages spoken in 11 villages southeast of Dirang in Nafra and Dirang circles in West Kameng District. There are 4 varieties total, and only Sartang of Rahung and Sartang of Jergaon have been documented.

Lieberherr & Bodt (2017)[5] list the following varieties.

  • Rahung: spoken in Rahung village and nearby hamlets. Approximately 600 speakers.
  • Khoitam: spoken in two main villages and nearby hamlets. Approximately 500 speakers.
  • Jerigaon: spoken in Jerigaon village. Approximately 400 speakers.
  • Khoina: spoken in Khoina village and nearby hamlets. Approximately 500 speakers.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Sartang at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Post, Mark W. and Roger Blench (2011). "Siangic: A new language phylum in North East India", 6th International Conference of the North East India Linguistics Society, Tezpur University, Assam, India, Jan 31 – Feb 2
  3. ^ a b Blench, Roger. 2015. The Mey languages and their classification. Presentation given at the University of Sydney.
  4. ^ Dondrup, Rinchin. 2004. An introduction to the Boot Monpa language. Itanagar: Directorate of Research, Government of Arunachal Pradesh.
  5. ^ Lieberherr, Ismael; Bodt, Timotheus Adrianus. 2017. Sub-grouping Kho-Bwa based on shared core vocabulary. In Himalayan Linguistics, 16(2).


source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sartang_language

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