Chakpa language

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{{Infobox language

| name = Chakpa

| altname = Loi

| states = India

| region = Manipur

| ethnicity =

| extinct = since the 1950s

| ref = {{cite web|title=Atlas of the world's languages in danger|url=https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000187026|website=UNESCO|page=202|date=2010|access-date=2024-12-28|author1=Christopher Moseley|author2=Alexandre Nicolas}}

| familycolor = Sino-Tibetan

| fam2 = Tibeto-Burman

| fam3 = Sal

| fam4 = Jingpho–Luish

| fam5 = Luish

| dia1 = Andro

| dia2 = Sengmai (Sekmai)

| dia3 = Phayeng

| dia4 = Chairel

| dia5 = Khurkhul

| iso3 = none

| glotto = andr1245

| glottorefname = Chakpa

| isoexception = dialect

}}

Chakpa (Meitei) is a Sino-Tibetan language that was spoken in the Imphal valley of Manipur, India. It belonged to the Luish branch of the Sino-Tibetan family. Chakpa speakers have been shifted to that of Meitei language.{{Cite journal |last=Huziwara |first=Keisuke |date=2020 |title=On the Genetic Position of Chakpa Within Luish Languages |journal=Himalayan Linguistics |language=en |volume=19 |issue=2 |pages=44–55 |doi=10.5070/H91150999 |doi-access=free}} Varieties of the language included Sengmai and Andro.{{harvp|Matisoff|2013}}

Chakpa was spoken in villages such as Andro, Sekmai (Sengmai), Phayeng, Khurkhul and Chairel, all of which are now Meitei-speaking villages.

Other names

Loi (or Lui; hence "Luish") is a Meitei exonym that includes Chakpa. Although Chakpa are typically considered to be Loi, not all Loi are Chakpa. For example, Kakching and Kwakta are Loi villages that are not Chakpa.

Documentation

Chakpa is preserved in written manuscripts that are recited by religious scholars during traditional ceremonies, such as those of the Lai Haraoba festival.

Chakpa word lists can be found in McCulloch (1859){{Cite book |last=McCulloch |first=W. |url={{google books|OeYwAQAAMAAJ|plainurl=yes}} |title=Account of the Valley of Munnipore and of the Hill Tribes: With a Comparative Vocabulary of the Munnipore and Other Languages |date=1859 |publisher=Bengal Printing Company |location=Calcutta |language=en}} and Basanta (1998).{{Cite book |last=Basanta |first=Ningombam |title=Modernisation, Challenge and Response: A Study of the Chakpa Community of Manipur |date=2008 |publisher=Akansha Publishing House |location=New Delhi |language=en}}

The Chairel variety is documented in a word list by McCulloch (1859).

Chakpa language

Other names

Documentation

References

Further reading