Sunam language

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Sunam
Region Himachal Pradesh
Native speakers 560  (1998)
Language family
Language codes
ISO 639-3 ssk

The Sunam dialect of Kinnauri, sometimes considered a separate language, and also known as Sungam, Sungnam, Thebor, Thebör Skadd, Thebarshad, Central Kinnauri, or Sangnaur, is spoken in the Kinnaur district (particularly in the Sunam village) of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. The number of people speaking the language is only approximately 558, according to 1998 data from Ethnologue.

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