Shumcho language explained

Shumcho
Region:Himachal Pradesh
Speakers:2400
Date:2022
Familycolor:Sino-Tibetan
Fam2:Bodic ?
Fam3:West Himalayish
Fam4:Kinnauric
Fam5:Thebor
Iso3:scu
Glotto:shum1243
Glottorefname:Shumcho

Shumcho[1] is an underdocumented Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Kinnaur district, Himachal Pradesh, India.

Shumcho speakers make up a majority of the population in the villages of Kanam, Labrang, Spillo, Shyaso, Rushkalang and Taling. They also reside in the mixed villages of Sunnam, Jangi, Lippa and Asrang where they belong to the lower Scheduled Caste. Upper-caste Scheduled Tribe dwellers of the same villages speak related but distinct languages, Sunam and Jangshung.

Notes and References

  1. also known as Sumcho