Shumcho
Shumcho is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in India. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Shumcho is an underdocumented Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Kinnaur district, Himachal Pradesh, India.
Shumcho speakers make up a majority of the population in the villages of Kanam, Labrang, Spillo, Shyaso, Rushkalang and Taling. They also reside in the mixed villages of Sunnam, Jangi, Lippa and Asrang where they belong to the lower Scheduled Caste. Upper-caste Scheduled Tribe dwellers of the same villages speak related but distinct languages, Sunam and Jangshung.
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Words in Shumcho
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | mi* | |
| name | min* | |
| eye | mi* | |
| ear | repaN* | |
| nose | mur* | |
| tooth | sua* | |
| tongue | le* | |
| hand | khyut* | |
| blood | Swi* | |
| bone | harko* | |
| skin | bot* | |
| breast | pipi* | |
| water | ti* | |
| fire | me* | |
| sun | ni* | |
| star | karma* | |
| stone | ra* | |
| tree | botaN* | |
| leaf | patolaN* | |
| night | munya* | |
| dog | khwi* | |
| fish | maCos* | |
| one | it* | |
| two | niS* | |
| I | gu* | |
| you | ka* | |
| we | upaN* | |
| drink | tuN* | |
| see | taNma* | |
| hear | goma* |
* 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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