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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Language}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=July 2019}}<br /> {{Infobox language<br /> |name=Sakachep<br /> |nativename=&#039;&#039;Khelma/Achep&#039;&#039;<br /> |region=[[India]]<br /> |ethnicity=[[Khelma people|Khelma]] (Sakachep)<br /> |speakers=25,000 <br /> |date=2003<br /> |ref=e25<br /> |familycolor=Sino-Tibetan<br /> |fam2=[[Tibeto-Burman languages|Tibeto-Burman]]<br /> |fam3=[[Central Tibeto-Burman languages|Central Tibeto-Burman]] (?)<br /> |fam4=[[Kuki-Chin-Naga languages|Kuki-Chin-Naga]]<br /> |fam5=[[Kuki-Chin languages|Kuki-Chin]]<br /> |fam6=[[Central Kuki-Chin languages|Central]]<br /> |fam7=[[Hmar languages|Hmar]]<br /> |iso3=sch<br /> |glotto=saka1283<br /> |glottorefname=Sakachep/Achep<br /> }}<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Sakachep&#039;&#039;&#039; also known as &#039;&#039;&#039;Khelma&#039;&#039;&#039;, is a Central [[Kuki-Chin languages|Kuki-Chin-Mizo]] language of [[Northeast India]]. Dialects are Khelma,Achep,Mar-Achep(Marachepang)Thang Achep, and Sak Achep (&#039;&#039;Ethnologue&#039;&#039;). VanBik (2009)&lt;ref&gt;VanBik, Kenneth. 2009. &#039;&#039;Proto-Kuki-Chin: A Reconstructed Ancestor of the Kuki-Chin-Mizo Languages&#039;&#039;. STEDT Monograph 8. {{ISBN|0-944613-47-0}}.&lt;/ref&gt; classifies Sakachep as closely related to Aimol, Anal, Chiru, Kharam, Koireng(Koren), Kom, Lamkang, Purum, Biate, Chorei, Ranglong, Molsom, Hrangkhol, Kaipeng, Bongcher and Thiek-Hmar.<br /> <br /> ==Geographical distribution==<br /> &#039;&#039;Ethnologue&#039;&#039; reports the following locations for Sakachep.<br /> <br /> *[[Karbi Anglong district]], [[Dima Hasao district]] (formerly [[North Cachar Hills district]]), and [[Cachar district]] of [[Assam]]<br /> *Khelma village, [[Kohima district]], [[Nagaland]]<br /> *Saithsma, Rumphung, and Mongor villages of [[Jaintia Hills district]], [[Meghalaya]]<br /> *[[Tripura]]<br /> *[[Mizoram]]<br /> *[[Manipur]]<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *[https://digital.library.unt.edu/explore/collections/LGBV/browse/?fq=dc_language:sch] Sakachep language documentation in the Computational Resource for South Asian Languages (CoRSAL) archive<br /> <br /> {{Sino-Tibetan languages}}<br /> {{Kuki-Chin–Naga languages}}<br /> {{Languages of Northeast India}}<br /> <br /> {{Authority control}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Kuki-Chin languages]]<br /> [[Category:Languages of Assam]]<br /> [[Category:Languages of Manipur]]<br /> [[Category:Languages of Meghalaya]]<br /> [[Category:Languages of Mizoram]]<br /> [[Category:Languages of Nagaland]]<br /> <br /> {{st-lang-stub}}</div>

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