Sakachep language

Sakachep
Sakachep
Khelma
Region	India
Ethnicity	Sakachep
Native speakers	25,000 (2003)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Kukish? Sakachep; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	sch
Glottolog	saka1283

Sakachep AKA 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

^ Sakachep at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

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