Lish language

Lish
Lish
Lishpa, Khispi
Region	Arunachal Pradesh
Ethnicity	Lishipa
Native speakers	1,500 (2017)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan? Kho-Bwa Lish; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	lsh
Glottolog	lish1235

Lish (also called Lishpa or Khispi) is a Kho-Bwa language of West Kameng district, Arunachal Pradesh in India. It is a dialect of the same language as Chug and Gompatse.

The Lish (population 1,567 in 1981) live in Dirang village, a few miles from Chug village, and in Gompatse. The Gompatse variety is not Lish proper, but is rather a lect closely related to Lish.^[2]

Lish is also spoken in Khispi village.^[2] Despite speaking languages closely related to Mey (Sherdukpen), the people identify as Monpa, not Mey.

According to Lieberherr & Bodt (2017),^[1] Lish is spoken by 1,500 people in 3 main villages.

Phonology

Consonants
		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Plosive	oral	p b	t d		k ɡ	q ɢ
Plosive	aspirated	pʰ	tʰ		kʰ	qʰ
Affricate	oral			tɕ dʑ
Affricate	aspirated			tɕʰ
Fricative			s z	ɕ ʑ			h
Nasal		m	n	ɲ	ŋ	ɴ
Approximant		w	r, l	j

Vowels
	Front	Central	Back
High	i		u
Mid	e		o
Low		a

References

^ ^a ^b Lieberherr, Ismael; Bodt, Timotheus Adrianus. 2017. Sub-grouping Kho-Bwa based on shared core vocabulary. In Himalayan Linguistics, 16(2).
^ ^a ^b Blench, Roger. 2015. The Mey languages and their classification. Presentation given at the University of Sydney.

[Lieberherr-Bodt-1] Lieberherr, Ismael; Bodt, Timotheus Adrianus. 2017. Sub-grouping Kho-Bwa based on shared core vocabulary. In Himalayan Linguistics, 16(2).

[Blench2015-2] Blench, Roger. 2015. The Mey languages and their classification. Presentation given at the University of Sydney.

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