Sakachep language

Sakachep
Sakachep
Khelma/Achep
Region	India
Ethnicity	Khelma (Sakachep)
Native speakers	5,000 (2003)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Kuki-Chin Central Kuki-Chin-Mizo languages Hmar cluster Sakachep; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	sch
Glottolog	saka1283

Sakachep also known as Khelma, is a Central Kuki-Chin-Mizo language of Northeast India. Dialects are Khelma, Thangachep, and Sakachep (Ethnologue). VanBik (2009)^[2] classifies Sakachep as closely related to Hmar.

Geographical distribution[]

Ethnologue reports the following locations for Sakachep.

Karbi Anglong district, Dima Hasao district (formerly North Cachar Hills district), and Cachar district of Assam
Khelma village, Kohima district, Nagaland
Saithsma, Rumphung, and Mongor villages of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya
Tripura
Mizoram
Manipur

References[]

^ Sakachep at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ VanBik, Kenneth. 2009. Proto-Kuki-Chin: A Reconstructed Ancestor of the Kuki-Chin-Mizo Languages. STEDT Monograph 8. ISBN 0-944613-47-0.

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[e18-1] Sakachep at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] VanBik, Kenneth. 2009. Proto-Kuki-Chin: A Reconstructed Ancestor of the Kuki-Chin-Mizo Languages. STEDT Monograph 8. ISBN 0-944613-47-0.

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Sakachep
Khelma/Achep
Region	India
Ethnicity	Khelma (Sakachep)
Native speakers	5,000 (2003)^[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Kuki-Chin Central Kuki-Chin-Mizo languages Hmar cluster Sakachep
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`sch`
Glottolog	`saka1283`