LINGUISTIC AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESOURCES FOR THE MEY [=SHERDUKPEN] CLUSTER

 

The Mey [=Sherdukpen] consist of a cluster of at least five closely related languages spoken in East Kameng District. Some of these have been wrongly classified at Monpa and their relation with the well-known Mey of Shergaon has been missed.

 

Language

Image

Language

Image

General

Sartang [=But Monpa]

Mey of Rupa

Duhumbi [=Chug]

 

Mey of Shergaon

Khispi [=Lish]

 

Bibliography

 

Dondrup, Rinchin 1988. A Handbook on Sherdukpen Language. Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, India, Directorate of Research, Government of Arunachal Pradesh.

Dondrup, Rinchin 2010. An introduction to Boot Monpa language. Itanagar: Director of Research, Arunachal Pradesh Government. [NB. The title page gives the date of publication as 2004, but the preface is dated 2009 and it was actually published in 2010]

Lieberherr, I. and Bodt, T.A., 2017. Sub-grouping Kho-Bwa based on shared core vocabulary. Himalayan Linguistics, 16(2): 26-63.