Wancho language
| Wancho | |
|---|---|
| 𞋒𞋀𞋉𞋃𞋕 वांचो | |
 The word 'Wancho' in Wancho script | |
| Native to | India |
Native speakers | 59,154 (2011 census)[1] |
| Wancho script Devanagari | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | nnp |
| Glottolog | wanc1238 |
| ELP | Wancho Naga |
Wancho(वांचो) is aKonyaklanguage of north-easternIndia.Wancho is spoken in 36 villages of southeasternLongding district,Tirap district,Arunachal Pradesh,as well as inAssamandNagaland(Ethnologue). Alternate names include Banpara Naga, Joboka, Jokoba.
People
[edit]Wancho is spoken by theWancho peoplewho 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
[edit]Ethnologuelists 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
[edit]Wancho is generally written in eitherDevanagariorLatin script. Between 2001 and 2012, teacher Banwang Losu devised a unique Alpha beticWancho scriptwhich is taught in some schools.[3]In 2019, the script was officially published intoUnicode12.0.[4]
References
[edit]- ^"Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011".censusindia.gov.in.Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India.Retrieved7 July2018.
- ^“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).
- ^Unicode, Inc."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 Area21.2.
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