Singpho
PrintA language of India
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Jingphaw, Kachin, Sing-Fo
Population
2,500 (Morey 2006).
Location
Assam, Tinsukia district, Margherita subdivision; Dibrugarh, Sibsagar districts; Arunachal Pradesh, Lohit, and Changlang districts.
Language Maps
Language Status
4 (Educational).
Classification
Dialects
Turung. Lexical similarity: 50% with Jingpho [kac] of Myanmar.
Language Use
Home only. Most in Assam are also fluent in Assamese [asm].
Language Development
Literacy rate in L2: Less than 40%. Bible.
Writing
Latin script.
Many loans from Khamti [kht]. Kachin refers to a cultural, rather than a linguistic group. A Scheduled Tribe. Buddhist, traditional religion.