Wancho language
Language
Wancho | |
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𞋒𞋀𞋉𞋃𞋕
वांचो |
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The word "Wancho" written in Devanagari script
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Native to | India |
Native speakers
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59,154 (2011 census) [1] |
Devanagari
(official)
Wancho script |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
nnp
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Glottolog |
wanc1238
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ELP | Wancho Naga |
Wancho (वांचो) is a Konyak language of north-eastern India . Wancho is spoken in 36 villages of southeastern Longding district , Tirap district , Arunachal Pradesh , as well as in Assam and Nagaland ( Ethnologue ). Alternate names include Banpara Naga, Joboka, Jokoba.
People
Wancho is spoken by the Wancho people who have a population of 56,866 according to a 2011 consensus, and mainly populate the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. Although a minority, these inhabitants have a rich culture with rituals, ceremonial practices, religion, and various dialects of Wancho. [2]
Dialects
Ethnologue lists the following dialects of Wancho.
- Changnoi
- Bor Muthun (Bor Mutonia)
- Horu Muthun
- Kulung Muthun (Mithan)
There is significant variation among the dialects spoken in the upper and lower regions.
Orthography
Wancho is generally written in either Devanagari or Latin script . Between 2001 and 2012, teacher Banwang Losu devised a unique alphabetic Wancho script which is taught in some schools. [3] In 2019, the script was officially published into Unicode 12.0. [4]
References
- ↑ "Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011" . www.censusindia.gov.in . Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India . Retrieved 7 July 2018 .
- ↑ “Wancho people.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 8 Feb. 2018
- ↑ Everson, Michael (26 July 2017). "L2/17-067R: Proposal to encode the Wancho script in the UCS" (PDF) .
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"Announcing The Unicode® Standard, Version 12.0"
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- Robbins Burling & Mankai Wangsu (1998) "Wancho Phonology and word list" , Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area 21.2.
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