Duhumbi
Duhumbi is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in India. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Chug (also called Chugpa or Duhumbi) is a Kho-Bwa language of West Kameng district, Arunachal Pradesh in India. It is a dialect of the same language as Lish and Gompatse.
Chug is spoken only in Chug village (population 483 in 1971), located a few miles from Dirang (Blench & Post 2011:3).
Chug is spoken in Duhumbi village. Despite speaking languages closely related to Mey (Sherdukpen), the people identify as Monpa, not Mey.
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Words in Duhumbi
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | budun* | |
| name | biN* | |
| eye | khum* | |
| ear | khuthuN* | |
| nose | hemphoN* | |
| tongue | loy* | |
| hand | hut* | |
| blood | hoy* | |
| skin | Sakhok* | |
| breast | nunu* | |
| liver | SataNku* | |
| water | khow* | |
| fire | bey* | |
| sun | nami* | |
| stone | luN* | |
| mountain | ri* | |
| tree | SiN* | |
| leaf | ulap* | |
| night | namphoN* | |
| dog | wathi* | |
| fish | Na* | |
| louse | hekma* | |
| one | hin* | |
| two | Nis* | |
| I | ga* | |
| you | naN* | |
| we | gar* | |
| drink | 5uN* | |
| see | ay* | |
| hear | jas* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- SherdukpenSino-Tibetan33% alike
- Bualkhaw ChinSino-Tibetan23% alike
- RawangSino-Tibetan22% alike
- BujhyalSino-Tibetan21% alike
- BantawaSino-Tibetan20% alike
- Western MagarSino-Tibetan20% alike
Grammar
- Southern GhaleSino-Tibetan88% alike
- ChocangacakhaSino-Tibetan86% alike
- Chang NagaSino-Tibetan86% alike
- Sangtam NagaSino-Tibetan84% alike
- Peripheral MongolianMongolic-Khitan84% alike
- BumthangkhaSino-Tibetan83% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · chug1252 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · cvg