Sartang language
| Sartang | |
|---|---|
| But(pa) | |
| Region | Arunachal Pradesh |
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Native speakers
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1,000 (2005) |
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Possibly Tibeto-Burman
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | |
| Glottolog | sart1249 |
Sartang is a small language of India. It is one of the Kho-Bwa languages, closest to Sherdukpen (50–60% lexical similarity). Varieties include Sartang of Jergaon and Sartang of Rahung (Blench 2015).
Sartang (Boot Monpa) is spoken in the villages of Khoitam, Rahung, Namku-thangka (Salari), and Boot (Jerigaon) Khoina, West Kameng District (Dondrup 2004:1). There were 2,986 Sartang people as of 1996.
The Ethnologue lists Jerigaon, Sellary, Khoitam, Rahung, Darbu and Khoina villages in Nafra and Dirang circles, West Kameng district.
According to Roger Blench (2015), Sartang is a cover term referring to various languages spoken in 11 villages southeast of Dirang in Nafra and Dirang circles in West Kameng District. There are 4 varieties total, and only Sartang of Rahung and Sartang of Jergaon have been documented.
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