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Kolong language
 | It has been suggested that this article be merged with Lahuli language. (Discuss) Proposed since July 2020. |
| sTodpa | |
|---|---|
| Kolong | |
| སཏོད་པ sTodpa | |
| Native to | Himachal Pradesh |
| Region | Upper Bhaga Valley |
Native speakers | 2100 |
Sino-Tibetan
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
Kolong (natively known as sTodpa) is a language spoken in the upper Bhaga Valley in Lahaul Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh, India.[1]
History[edit]
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 Lahaul dialect and classified it under the Tibeto-Himalayan group of the 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.[2] A grammar book has also been published.[3]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ Languages of Lahaul and Spiti (PDF).
- ↑ PLSI Languages of Himachal Pradesh Part 2. Orient Blackswan.
- ↑ Tobdan (2015). A Grammar of sTodpa (A Language of Lahul in the Western Himalaya). Kaithal: Amrit Books. ISBN 9788192444659.