Rongpo language

Rongpo
Rangpo[1]
/r~øpø/[2]
Conversation between a Marcha-Rongpo speaker couple
Native toIndia
RegionUttarakhand
EthnicityRongpa
Native speakers
(7,500 cited 2001)[3]
Dialects
  • Marcha
  • Tolcha †
Language codes
ISO 639-3rnp
Glottologrong1264
ELPRongpo

Rongpo (also known as Rangpo[1] and Rang Po Bhasa[2]) is a West Himalayish language spoken in Uttarakhand, India. George Abraham Grierson originally called the language as one of the Tibetic languages, but is now considered as an independent language.[2]

Geographical distribution

Rongpo is spoken in the following locations of Uttarakhand, India (Ethnologue).

Dialects

The two different dialects of Rongpo are called the Marcha (Marchha) and the Tolcha (Tolchha) dialect,[1] Both dialects only have a difference in the phonetic level and are written in the same way.[2]

Marcha

Marcha dialect is spoken in Mana and Niti valleys.[2]

Tolcha

Tolcha
Tolchha[1]
Native toIndia
RegionNiti Valley
EthnicityTolcchas
Extinctsince the 1950s[4]
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
rnp-tol
Glottologtolc1238
ELPRongpo

There are a few Tolchha dialect speakers in Niti valley. Tolcha is usually considered its own independent and separate language from Rongpo.[5][6] Tolcha has been considered extinct by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger since the 1950s.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Endangered Languages Project - Rongpo". ELP. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e Randy J. LaPolla (2001). The Tibeto-Burman Languages of Uttar Pradesh (PDF). University of Hong Kong. p. 2,9. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
  3. ^ "Rongpo". Ethnologue. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2024. 7,500 (2001 D. Bradley).
  4. ^ a b Christopher Moseley; Alexandre Nicolas (2010). "Atlas of the world's languages in danger". UNESCO. p. 203. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
  5. ^ "The Endangered And Extinct Languages Of India". Outlook. 5 May 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  6. ^ "Of native tongues vanished & in peril". Hindustan Times. 12 July 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
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