Zahkring (also Eastern Mishmi or Zaiwa; known as Meyor in India and Zha (Zhahua 扎话) in China) is a language of
Arunachal Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh (, ) is a state in Northeastern India. It was formed from the erstwhile North-East Frontier Agency (NEFA) region, and became a state on 20 February 1987. It borders the states of Assam and Nagaland to the south. It shares int ...
and 3 villages in Tibet.
Classification
Zakhring has been classified as a
Midzuish language. Blench and Post (2011) consider Zakhring to be an
East Bodish
The East Bodish languages are a small group of non-Tibetic Bodish languages spoken in eastern Bhutan and adjacent areas of Tibet and India. They include:
* Dakpa (Tawang Monpa)
* Dzala
* Nyen, including Mangde and Phobjib
* Chali
* Bumthang
...
language that has been influenced by
Midzu (which they classify as a language isolate) or other divergent languages of the region. In 2015, Blench suggests that Zakhring may be a language isolate. Blench argues that Zakhring had borrowed heavily from Midzu and
Tibetic
The Tibetic languages form a well-defined group of languages descended from Old Tibetan (7th to 9th centuries).Tournadre, Nicolas. 2014. "The Tibetic languages and their classification." In ''Trans-Himalayan linguistics, historical and descriptiv ...
, and then later borrowed from
Naga languages
The Naga languages are a geographic and ethnic grouping of languages under the Kuki-Chin-Naga languages, spoken mostly by Naga peoples.
Northern Naga languages do not fall within the group, in spite of being spoken by Naga groups; instead, th ...
and Jingpho as well.
Scott DeLancey
Scott DeLancey (born 1949) is an American linguist from the University of Oregon. His work focuses on typology and historical linguistics of Tibeto-Burman languages as well as Indigenous languages of the Americas, North American indigenous languag ...
(2015) considers Meyor to be part of a wider
Central Tibeto-Burman group.
Names
Li and Jiang (2001)
reports that the Zakhring have no actual autonym, but are referred to by the neighboring
Taraon,
Kaman language
Kaman (Geman, Geman Deng, Kùmán, Kman), or Miju (Miju Mishmi, Midzu), is a small language of India and China.
Long assumed to be a Sino-Tibetan language, it may be a language isolate.
Locations
In China, the Miju are known as the Deng 僜人 ...
,
Idu, and Tibetan peoples by various names.
*' (Taraon exonym)
*' (Kaman exonym)
*' (Tibetan exonym)
*' (Idu exonym; the Idu are located in Upper Zayü Township, 上察隅乡)
According to Li and Jiang (2001), the Kaman exonym for the Tibetan people of
Bomi County (波密县) is '. The Taraon refer to the Tibetans as ', while the Kaman refer to the Tibetans as '.
Distribution
In China, Zakhring is spoken in Songgu (松古村), Lading (拉丁村), and Tama (塔玛村) villages in Lower Zayü Township (下察隅乡),
Zayü County (察隅县),
Tibet
Tibet (; ''Böd''; ) is a region in East Asia, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau and spanning about . It is the traditional homeland of the Tibetan people. Also resident on the plateau are some other ethnic groups such as Monpa people, ...
.
In India, Meyor communities are found in the following 15 villages of Kibthoo Circle and Walong Circle of
Anjaw District
Anjaw District (Pron:/ˈændʒɔ:/) (Burmese : အန်််ကျော) is an administrative district in the state of Arunachal Pradesh in north-east India. It was created district in 2004, by splitting off from the Lohit district under the ...
,
Arunachal Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh (, ) is a state in Northeastern India. It was formed from the erstwhile North-East Frontier Agency (NEFA) region, and became a state on 20 February 1987. It borders the states of Assam and Nagaland to the south. It shares int ...
. The total population of the villages numbered 376 as of May 2001.
*Kibthoo Circle
**Kahao
**Mosai
**Danbari
**Kundan
**Khroti
**Yaikung
**Bara Kundan
**8Kunjuk
*Walong Circle
**Walong
**Tinai
**Dong
**Tilam
**Sapkung
**Pangung
See also
*
Zakhring word list (Wiktionary)
References
*
{{Arunachal languages
Miju languages
Mishmi languages
Languages of India