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Sangtam language

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Native to
  
Nagaland, India

Native speakers
  
84,000 (2001 census)

Ethnicity
  
Sangtam

ISO 639-3
  
nsa

Region
  
East-central Nagaland, Tuensang and Khiphire districts

Language family
  
Sino-Tibetan Ao group Sangtam

Sangtam, also called Thukumi, Isachanure, or Lophomi, is an Ao language spoken in northeast India. It is spoken in Kiphire District and in the Longkhim-Chare circle in Tuensang district, Nagaland, India.

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Dialects

Ethnologue lists the following dialects of Sangtam.

  • Kizare
  • Pirr (Northern Sangtam)
  • Phelongre
  • Thukumi (Central Sangtam)
  • Photsimi
  • Purr (Southern Sangtam)

    • The standardized dialect of Sangtam is based on the Tsadanger village speech variety.

    Phonology

    Sangtam is unusual in having two stops with bilabial trilled release, /t̪͡ʙ, t̪͡ʙ̥ʰ/.

    Vowels are /a e i ʌ o u/, tones High, Mid, Low.

    References

    Sangtam language Wikipedia
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