Sherdukpen
A language of India
| Population | 3,100 (2001). |
| Region | Arunachal Pradesh, West Kameng District, south of Bomdi La Range, Tengapani River valleys, Rupa (Kupa), Shargang (Shergaon), Jigang (Jigaon), Thungrao villages; Assam. |
| Alternate names | Ngnok |
| Dialects | Most similar to Sartang [onp]. Lexical similarity: 49%-60% with Sartang. Burling (2003) groups it with Sulung [suv] and Bugun [bgg] and possibly also with Lish [lsh] and Sartang. |
| Classification | Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Himalayish, Tibeto-Kanauri, Tibetic, Tibetan, Unclassified |
| Language use | Vigorous. Home, village, religion. Also use Hindi and Tawang Monpa [twm]. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L2: 15% (20% male, 7% female) (Muanthanga 1998). |
| Comments | A Scheduled Tribe. Used to be one group with the Sartang but were separated by war. Swidden agriculturalists. Buddhist (Lamaist), syncretism with traditional religion. |
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