Sangtam language
Appearance
Sangtam | |
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Thukumi | |
Lophomi | |
Native to | Nagaland, India |
Region | West-central Nagaland, Workha district |
Ethnicity | Sangtam Naga |
Native speakers | 84,000 (2001 census)[1] |
Sino-Tibetan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | nsa |
Glottolog | sang1321 |
Sangtam, also called Thukumi, Isachanure, or Lophomi, is an Ao language spoken in northeast India. It is spoken in Kiphire subdivision and Chare circle in Tuensang district, Nagaland, India.
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 based on the Tsadanger village speech variety.
Phonology
Sangtam is unusual in having two stops with bilabial trilled release, /t̪͡ʙ, t̪͡ʙ̥ʰ/.[2]
p pʰ | t̪ t̪ʰ | ʈʵ ʈʵʰ | c cʰ | k kʰ | ʔ |
t̪͡ʙ t̪͡ʙ̥ʰ | t̪s t̪sʰ | tʃ tʃʰ | |||
m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||
(f v) | s (z?) | ʃ | x | h | |
l | ɹ | j |
Vowels are /a ə e i ʌ o u/, tones High, Mid, Low.
References
- ^ Sangtam at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Coupe (2015) "Prestopped bilabial trills in Sangtam", Proceedings of the 18th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, Glasgow, 10–14 August 2015