Chhitkul-Rakchham
Chhitkul-Rakchham is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in India. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Chitkuli Kinnauri, also known as Chhitkul-Rakchham, is a language spoken in Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh, India. It is spoken in two villages in the Sangla division of Kinnaur – specifically in the villages of Chitkul and Rakchham. The number of speakers was 1060 in 1998.
The language was described in 2021 by linguist Philippe Martinez.
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Words in Chhitkul-Rakchham
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| name | min* | |
| eye | mi* | |
| ear | roc* | |
| nose | rim* | |
| tooth | soa* | |
| tongue | le* | |
| hand | hat* | |
| blood | pola* | |
| bone | haroN* | |
| skin | bot* | |
| breast | kyu* | |
| water | ti* | |
| fire | me* | |
| sun | byaroN* | |
| star | kar* | |
| stone | ra* | |
| tree | paN* | |
| leaf | pataraN* | |
| night | muni* | |
| dog | khwi* | |
| fish | moC* | |
| one | i* | |
| two | niSi* | |
| I | ga* | |
| you | kan* | |
| we | kyaNsaCe* | |
| drink | tuN* | |
| see | Syaw* | |
| hear | ruNS* | |
| die | Siu* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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