Shumcho
A language of India
| Population | 2,170 (1998). |
| Region | Himachal Pradesh, Kinnaur District, Puh Tahsil, Kanam, Labrang, Spilo, Shyaso, Taling, Rushkaling villages. |
| Alternate names | Central Kinnauri, Shumcu, Sumcho, Sumchu, Sumtsu, Thebarskad, Thebor, Thebör Skadd |
| Dialects | Lexical similarity: 70% with Jangshung [jna], 67% with Sunam [ssk], 45% with Lower Kinnauri [kjo], 43% with Chitkuli Kinnauri [cik]. |
| Classification | Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Himalayish, Tibeto-Kanauri, Western Himalayish, Kanauri |
| Comments | Pastoralists; peasant agriculturalists. Traditional religion, Hindu, Buddhist (Lamaist). |
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