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Khelma language

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Region
  
India

Native speakers
  
25,000 (2003)

Glottolog
  
saka1283

Ethnicity
  
Sakachep

ISO 639-3
  
sch

Language family
  
Sino-Tibetan Kukish? Sakachep

Sakachep a.k.a. Khelma is an unclassified Sino-Tibetan (possibly Kukish) language of India. Dialects are Khelma, Thangkachep, and Sakachep (Ethnologue).

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

    Khelma language Wikipedia
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