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{{Infobox language<br />
|name=Sherdukpen<br />
|altname=Mey<br />
|nativename=Ngnok<br />
|region=[[Assam]], [[Arunachal Pradesh]]<br />
|ethnicity=[[Sherdukpen people]]<br />
|speakers=5,000<br />
|date=2019<br />
|ref=e25<br />
|familycolor=Sino-Tibetan<br />
|fam1=Possibly [[Sino-Tibetan languages|Sino-Tibetan]]<br />
|fam2=[[Kho-Bwa languages|Kho-Bwa]]<br />
|fam3=Mey–Sartang<br />
|iso3=sdp<br />
|glotto=sher1257<br />
|glottorefname=Sherdukpen<br />
|dia1=Shergaon<br />
|dia2=Rupa<br />
}}<br />
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'''Sherdukpen''' (autonym: '''Mey''') is a small language of India. It is one of the [[Kho-Bwa languages]].<ref>Post, Mark W. and Roger Blench (2011). "[https://unibe-ch.academia.edu/MarkWPost/Talks/33486/Siangic_A_new_language_phylum_in_North_East_India 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</ref> 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''.<br />
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==Dialects==<br />
Lieberherr & Bodt (2017)<ref name="Lieberherr-Bodt">Lieberherr, Ismael; Bodt, Timotheus Adrianus. 2017. [https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4t27h5fg Sub-grouping Kho-Bwa based on shared core vocabulary]. In ''Himalayan Linguistics'', 16(2).</ref> list the following dialects of Sherdukpen.<br />
*'''Rupa''': spoken in Rupa village and two other main villages, as well as nearby hamlets. Likely around 3,000 speakers.<br />
*'''Shergaon''': spoken in Shergaon village. Likely around 1,500 speakers.<br />
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==Locations==<br />
[[Sherdukpen people|Sherdukpen]] is spoken in Shergaon, southern [[West Kameng District]], [[Arunachal Pradesh]] (Dondrup 1988), located in the Tengapani river valley south of Bomdila.<br />
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''Ethnologue'' lists Rupa (Kupa), Sheinthuk (Shergaon), Jigang (Jigaon), and Thungree villages, located south of Bomdi La Range and Tengapani river valleys in [[West Kameng District]], [[Arunachal Pradesh]].<br />
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==References==<br />
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*Dondrup, Rinchin. 1988. ''A handbook on Sherdukpen language''. Itanagar: Directorate of Research, Arunachal Pradesh Government.<br />
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