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Chug
Chugpa, Duhumbi
RegionArunachal Pradesh
EthnicityMonpa people
Native speakers
600 (2017)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3cvg
Glottologchug1252

Chug (also called Chugpa or Duhumbi) is a Kho-Bwa language of West Kameng district, Arunachal Pradesh in India. It is closely related to Lish.

Chug is spoken only in Chug village (population 483 in 1971), located a few miles from Dirang (Blench & Post 2011:3).[2]

Chug is spoken in Duhumbi village. [3] Despite speaking languages closely related to Mey (Sherdukpen), the people identify as Monpa, not Mey.

According to Lieberherr & Bodt (2017),[1] Chug is spoken by 600 people in 3 main villages.

Phonology

Consonants[4]
Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Plosive oral p b t d k g
aspirated pʰ tʰ kʰ
Affricate oral ts tɕ dʑ
aspirated tsʰ tɕʰ
Fricative s z ɕ ʑ h
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ
Approximant w r, l j
Vowels[4]
Front Central Back
High i u
Mid e o
Low a

References

  1. ^ a b Lieberherr, Ismael; Bodt, Timotheus Adrianus. 2017. Sub-grouping Kho-Bwa based on shared core vocabulary. In Himalayan Linguistics, 16(2).
  2. ^ Roger Blench and Mark Post. 2011. (De)classifying Arunachal languages: Reconsidering the evidence.
  3. ^ Blench, Roger. 2015. The Mey languages and their classification. Presentation given at the University of Sydney.
  4. ^ a b Bodt, Timotheus A. (2020). van Driem, George L. (ed.). "Grammar of Duhumbi (Chugpa)". Languages of the Greater Himalayan Region. 23 – via Brill.