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{{Merge|Lahuli language|discuss=Talk:Kolong language#Proposed merge of Lahuli language with Kolong language|date=July 2020}}
{{Infobox language
| name = sTodpa
| familycolor = Sino-Tibetan
| fam2 = [[Tibeto-Burman]]
| fam3 = Western Tibeto-Burman
| fam4 = Bodish
| fam5 = West Himalayish
| fam6 = Kinauri
| altname = Kolong
| nativename = སཏོད་པ sTodpa
| region = Upper Bhaga Valley
| states = Himachal Pradesh
| speakers = 2100
}}

'''Kolong''' (natively known as '''sTodpa''') is a language spoken in the upper Bhaga Valley in [[Lahaul and Spiti district|Lahaul Spiti]] district of [[Himachal Pradesh]], India.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://himachal.nic.in/WriteReadData/l892s/215_l892s/Languages%20of%20Lahul%20&%20Spiti%20%20-%20Final-19026889.pdf|title=Languages of Lahaul and Spiti}}</ref>

== History ==
The area where the language is spoken was one of the several kothi or administrative divisions of Lahaul. The area was named Kothi Kolong, after Kolong, the chief village of the Kothi. Grierson termed the language the [[Lahuli language|Lahaul dialect]] and classified it under the Tibeto-Himalayan group of the [[Tibeto-Burman languages|Tibeto-Burman family]].

The language was first studied after the foundation of a Moravian Church mission office in 1854. In 1881, H.A. Jaeschke published a Tibetan–English dictionary that included a comparative table of words from different languages spoken in the region, including sTodpa, but without explicitly mentioning the name of the language.

In 1934, Roerich studied this language extensively, naming it Kolong.

The [[People's Linguistic Survey of India]] (PLSI) identified two prominent features of the language: a distinct tone and simplification of compound consonants.<ref>{{Cite book|title=PLSI Languages of Himachal Pradesh Part 2|publisher=Orient Blackswan}}</ref> A grammar book has also been published.<ref>{{Cite book|author=Tobdan|title=A Grammar of sTodpa (A Language of Lahul in the Western Himalaya)|publisher=Amrit Books|year=2015|isbn=9788192444659|location=Kaithal}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Lahuli language]]

== References ==

{{reflist}}

{{Bodic languages}}
[[Category:Languages of Himachal Pradesh]]
[[Category:Endangered languages of India]]
[[Category:Bodish languages]]

Kolong language - Revision history

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