Sherdukpen

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A language of India

ISO 639-3
sdp
Alternate Names
Ngnok
Population

3,100 (2001).

Location

Arunachal Pradesh, West Kameng district, south of Bomdi La Range and Tengapani river valleys, Rupa (Kupa), Shargang (Shergaon), Jigang (Jigaon), and Thungrao villages; Assam.

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Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Classification
Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Central Tibeto-Burman, Kho-Bwa
Dialects

Most similar to Sartang [onp], but sufficiently intelligible with it. Lexical similarity: 49%-60% with Sartang. Burling (2003) groups it with Puroik [suv] and Bugun [bgg] and possibly also with Lish [lsh] and Sartang [onp].

Language Use

Vigorous. Home, village, religion. Also use Hindi [hin] and Tawang Monpa [twm].

Language Development
Literacy rate in L2: 15% (20% male, 7% female) (Muanthanga 1998).
Other Comments

A Scheduled Tribe. Separated from the Sartang by war. Buddhist (Lamaist), traditional religion.