Rongpo language

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Rongpo
Rangpo [1]
/r~øpø/ [2]
Conversation between a Marcha-Rongpo speaker couple
Native to India
Region Uttarakhand
Ethnicity Rongpa
Native speakers
(7,500 cited 2001) [3]
Dialects
  • Marcha
  • Tolcha †
Language codes
ISO 639-3 rnp
Glottolog rong1264
ELP Rongpo
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Rongpo (also known as Rangpo [1] and Rang Po Bhasa [2] ) is a West Himalayish language spoken in Uttarakhand, India. George Abraham Grierson originally called the language as one of the Tibetic languages, but is now considered as an independent language. [2]

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Geographical distribution

Rongpo is spoken in the following locations of Uttarakhand, India ( Ethnologue ).

Dialects

The two different dialects of Rongpo are called the Marcha (Marchha) and the Tolcha (Tolchha) dialect, [1] Both dialects only have a difference in the phonetic level and are written in the same way. [2]

Marcha

Marcha dialect is spoken in Mana and Niti valleys. [2]

Tolcha

Tolcha
Tolchha [1]
Native to India
Region Niti Valley
EthnicityTolcchas
Extinct since the 1950s [4]
Sino-Tibetan
Language codes
ISO 639-3 None (mis)
rnp-tol
Glottolog tolc1238
ELP Rongpo

There are a few Tolchha dialect speakers in Niti valley. Tolcha is usually considered its own independent and separate language from Rongpo. [5] [6] Tolcha has been considered extinct by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger since the 1950s. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Endangered Languages Project - Rongpo". ELP . Retrieved 23 December 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Randy J. LaPolla (2001). The Tibeto-Burman Languages of Uttar Pradesh (PDF). University of Hong Kong. p. 2,9. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
  3. ↑ "Rongpo". Ethnologue. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2024. 7,500 (2001 D. Bradley).
  4. 1 2 Christopher Moseley; Alexandre Nicolas (2010). "Atlas of the world's languages in danger". UNESCO . p. 203. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
  5. ↑ "The Endangered And Extinct Languages Of India". Outlook. 5 May 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  6. ↑ "Of native tongues vanished & in peril". Hindustan Times. 12 July 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
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