| Sherdukpen | |
|---|---|
| Mey | |
| Ngnok | |
| Region | Assam, Arunachal Pradesh |
| Ethnicity | Sherdukpen people |
Native speakers | 5,000 (2019)[1] |
Possibly Sino-Tibetan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | sdp |
| Glottolog | sher1257 |
| ELP | Sherdukpen |
Sherdukpen (autonym: Mey) is a small language of India. It is one of the Kho-Bwa languages.[2] There are two distinct varieties, Mey of Shergaon and Mey of Rupa. The name Sherdukpen comes from the words Shergaon and Tukpen (the Monpa name for Rupa) (Blench & Post 2011:3). The language is known to speakers as Mey nyuk.
- ^ Sherdukpen at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Post, Mark W. and Roger Blench (2011). "Siangic: A new language phylum in North East India", 6th International Conference of the North East India Linguistics Society, Tezpur University, Assam, India, Jan 31 – Feb 2
