Sakachep language

Sakachep
Sakachep
Khelma/Achep
Region	India
Ethnicity	Khelma (Sakachep)
Native speakers	25,000 (2003)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman Central Tibeto-Burman (?) Kuki-Chin-Naga Kuki-Chin Central Hmar Sakachep; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	sch
Glottolog	saka1283

Sakachep also known as Khelma, is a Central Kuki-Chin-Mizo language of Northeast India. Dialects are Khelma, Thangachep, and Sakachep (Ethnologue). VanBik (2009)^[2] classifies Sakachep as closely related to Aimol, Anal, Chiru, Kharam, Koireng(Koren), Kom, Lamkang, Purum, Biate, Chorei, Ranglong, Molsom, Hrangkhol, Kaipeng, Bongcher and Thiek-Hmar.

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

^ Sakachep at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
^ VanBik, Kenneth. 2009. Proto-Kuki-Chin: A Reconstructed Ancestor of the Kuki-Chin-Mizo Languages. STEDT Monograph 8. ISBN 0-944613-47-0.

External links

[1] Sakachep language documentation in the Computational Resource for South Asian Languages (CoRSAL) archive

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[e25-1] Sakachep at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

[2] VanBik, Kenneth. 2009. Proto-Kuki-Chin: A Reconstructed Ancestor of the Kuki-Chin-Mizo Languages. STEDT Monograph 8. ISBN 0-944613-47-0.

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