Chakpa language

"Loi language" redirects here. Loi is also the name of a dialect of the Ngiri language of Congo.

Chakpa
Loi
Native to	India
Region	Manipur
Extinct	since the 1950s [1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman Sal Jingpho–Luish Luish Chakpa
Dialects	Andro Sengmai (Sekmai) Phayeng Chairel Khurkhul
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	andr1245

Chakpa (Meitei) is a Sino-Tibetan language that was spoken in the Imphal valley of Manipur, India. It belonged to the Luish branch of the Sino-Tibetan family. Chakpa speakers have been shifted to that of Meitei language. ^[2] Varieties of the language included Sengmai and Andro. ^[3]

Chakpa was spoken in villages such as Andro, Sekmai (Sengmai), Phayeng, Khurkhul and Chairel, all of which are now Meitei-speaking villages. ^[2]

Other names

Further information: Loi

Loi (or Lui; hence "Luish") is a Meitei exonym that includes Chakpa. Although Chakpa are typically considered to be Loi, not all Loi are Chakpa. For example, Kakching and Kwakta are Loi villages that are not Chakpa. ^[2]

Documentation

Chakpa is preserved in written manuscripts that are recited by religious scholars during traditional ceremonies, such as those of the Lai Haraoba festival. ^[2]

Chakpa word lists can be found in McCulloch (1859) ^[4] and Basanta (1998). ^[5]

The Chairel variety is documented in a word list by McCulloch (1859). ^[4]

References

1. Christopher Moseley; Alexandre Nicolas (2010). "Atlas of the world's languages in danger". UNESCO . p. 202. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
2. Huziwara, Keisuke (2020). "On the Genetic Position of Chakpa Within Luish Languages". Himalayan Linguistics. 19 (2): 44–55. doi: 10.5070/H91150999 .
3. Matisoff (2013)
4. McCulloch, W. (1859). Account of the Valley of Munnipore and of the Hill Tribes: With a Comparative Vocabulary of the Munnipore and Other Languages. Calcutta: Bengal Printing Company.
5. Basanta, Ningombam (2008). Modernisation, Challenge and Response: A Study of the Chakpa Community of Manipur. New Delhi: Akansha Publishing House.

Further reading

• Huziwara, Keisuke 藤原 敬介 (2012). "Rui sogo no saikou ni mukete" ルイ祖語の再構にむけて [Toward a Reconstruction of Proto-Luish]. Kyōtodaigaku gengogaku kenkyū京都大学言語学研究 (in Japanese). 31: 25–131. doi: 10.14989/182194 . hdl: 2433/182194 .
• Matisoff, James A. (2013). "Re-Examining the Genetic Position of Jingpho: Putting Flesh on the Bones of the Jingpho/Luish Relationship" (PDF). Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area. 36 (2): 15–95.