Ethnologue 14 report for language code:CGP

JINGPHO: a language of Myanmar

The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.

SIL code: CGP

ISO 639-2: kac

Population

625,000 in Myanmar (1993 Johnstone). Population total both countries 645,000.

Region

Kachin State. Also spoken in China.

Alternate names

KACHIN, JINGHPAW, CHINGPAW, CHINGP'O, MARIP

Dialects

HKAKU HKA-HKU, KAURI (HKAURI, GAURI), DZILI (JILI), DULONG.

Classification

Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Jingpho-Konyak-Bodo, Jingpho-Luish, Jingpho.

Comments

Dzili may be a separate language. Hkaku and Kauri are only slightly different from Jinghpo. 50% lexical similarity with Singhpo of India. Serves as lingua franca for Zaiwa, Lashi, and Maru. 'Kachin' refers to the cultural rather than the linguistic group. Called 'Aphu' or 'Phu' by the Rawang people. SOV, 4 tones. Literacy rate in first language: 60% to 100%. Literacy rate in second language: 50% to 75%. Pastoralists, agriculturalists. Polytheist, some Buddhist, Christian. Bible 1927.

Also spoken in:

China

Language name	JINGPHO
Population	20,000 speakers (1990 J-O Svantesson) out of an ethnic group of 119,209 in China (1990 census).
Alternate names	JINGPO, JINGHPAW, CHINGPAW, CHINGP'O, KACHIN, MARIP, DASHANHUA
Dialects	ENKUN, SHIDAN, HKAKU (HKA-HKU), KAURI (HKAURI, GAURI), DZILI (JILI), DULONG.
Comments	Dialects in China are Enkun and Shidan. Dzili may be a separate language. Hkaku and Kauri are only slightly different from Jinghpo. Taught at Kunming Institute. 'Kachin' refers to the cultural rather than the linguistic group. An official nationality in China; includes 70,000 Atsi, and Maru and Lashi officially. Dictionary. SOV; 4 tones; adjectives and numbers follow nouns; singular, dual, and plural pronouns; tense-lax vowel distinction; 4 tones with relatively complex sandhi phenomena. Has a Pinyin alphabet in China. Orthography at Kunming Institute is based on Enkun dialect. Pastoralists, agriculturalists. Polytheist, some Buddhist, Christian. Bible 1927. See main entry under Myanmar.