Native speakers 84,000 (2001 census) | Ethnicity Sangtam ISO 639-3 nsa | |
Language family Sino-TibetanAo groupSangtam | ||
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.
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(Text) CC BY-SA