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Sunam

A language of India

ISO 639-3ssk

Population  560 (1998).
Region  Himachal Pradesh, Kinnaur District, Puh Tahsil, Sunam village.
Alternate names   Sungam, Sungnam, Sunnam, Thebor, Thebör Skadd, Thebarshad, Central Kinnauri, Sangnaur
Dialects  Lexical similarity: 67% with Shumcho [scu], 65% with Jangshung [jna], 38% with Lower Kinnauri (Harijan) [kjo] and Chitkuli Kinnauri [cik].
Classification  Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Himalayish, Tibeto-Kanauri, Western Himalayish, Kanauri
Comments  Pastoralists; peasant agriculturalists. Traditional religion, Hindu, Buddhist (Lamaist).