Chakpa language
| Chakpa | |
|---|---|
| Loi | |
 | |
| Native to | India |
| Region | Manipur |
| Ethnicity | assimilated into the Meitei ethnicity |
| Extinct | after 1859[1] |
| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | andr1245 |
Chakpa (Meitei) is an extinct Sino-Tibetan language that was spoken in the Imphal Valley of Manipur, India. It belonged to the Luish branch of the Sino-Tibetan family. Chakpa speakers have been shifted to that of Meitei language.[2] Varieties of the language included Sengmai and Andro.[3]
Chakpa was spoken in villages such as Andro, Sekmai (Sengmai), Phayeng, Khurkhul and Chairel, all of which are now Meitei-speaking villages.[2]
Other names
Loi (or Lui; hence "Luish") is a Meitei exonym that includes Chakpa. Although Chakpa are typically considered to be Loi, not all Loi are Chakpa. For example, Kakching and Kwatha are Loi villages that are not Chakpa.[2]
Documentation
Chakpa is preserved in written manuscripts that are recited by religious scholars during traditional ceremonies, such as those of the Lai Haraoba festival.[2]
Chakpa word lists can be found in McCulloch (1859)[4] and Basanta (1998).[5]
The Chairel variety is documented in a word list by McCulloch (1859).[4]
References
- ↑ McCulloch, W. (1859). Account of the Valley of Munnipore and of the hill tribes, with a comparative vocabulary of the Munnipore and other languages. Selections from the records of the Gov't of India (Foreign Department). Vol. 27. Calcutta: Bengal Printing Co.
- 1 2 3 4 Huziwara, Keisuke (2020). "On the Genetic Position of Chakpa Within Luish Languages". Himalayan Linguistics. 19 (2): 44–55. doi:10.5070/H91150999.
- ↑ Matisoff (2013)
- 1 2 McCulloch, W. (1859). Account of the Valley of Munnipore and of the Hill Tribes: With a Comparative Vocabulary of the Munnipore and Other Languages. Calcutta: Bengal Printing Company.
- ↑ Basanta, Ningombam (2008). Modernisation, Challenge and Response: A Study of the Chakpa Community of Manipur. New Delhi: Akansha Publishing House.
Further reading
- Huziwara, Keisuke 藤原 敬介 (2012). "Rui sogo no saikou ni mukete" ルイ祖語の再構にむけて [Toward a Reconstruction of Proto-Luish]. Kyōtodaigaku gengogaku kenkyū 京都大学言語学研究 (in Japanese). 31: 25–131. doi:10.14989/182194. hdl:2433/182194.
- Matisoff, James A. (2013). "Re-Examining the Genetic Position of Jingpho: Putting Flesh on the Bones of the Jingpho/Luish Relationship" (PDF). Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area. 36 (2): 15–95.