Sangtam language

Sangtam
Sangtam
Thukumi
Lophomi
Native to	Nagaland, India
Region	East-central Nagaland, Tuensang and Khiphire districts
Ethnicity	Sangtam
Native speakers	76,000 (2011 census)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Central Naga Sangtam; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	nsa
Glottolog	sang1321

Sangtam, also called Thukumi, Isachanure, or Lophomi, is a Naga language spoken in northeast India. It is spoken in Kiphire District and in the Longkhim-Chare circle in Tuensang district, Nagaland, India.

Dialects[edit]

Ethnologue lists the following dialects of Sangtam.

Kizare
Pirr (Northern Sangtam)
Phelongre
Thukumi (Central Sangtam)
Photsimi
Purr (Southern Sangtam)

The standardized dialect of Sangtam is based on the Tsadanger village speech variety.

Phonology[edit]

Sangtam is unusual in having two stops with bilabial trilled release, /t̪͡ʙ, t̪͡ʙ̥ʰ/.^[2]

Consonant phonemes of Sangtam
		Labial	Labiodental	Dental	Alveolar	Retroflex	Postalveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m			n			ɲ	ŋ
Plosive	plain	p		t̪		ʈ		c	k	ʔ
Plosive	aspirated	pʰ		t̪ʰ		ʈʰ		cʰ	kʰ
Affricate	plain	t͡ʙ̥			t͡s		t͡ʃ
Affricate	aspirated	t͡ʙ̥ʰ			t͡sʰ		t͡ʃʰ
Fricative	voiceless		(f)		s		ʃ		x	h
Fricative	voiced		(v)		(z)
Approximant					l	ɹ		j

All phonemes with /t/ are dental

/ʈ/ is realised like /ʈʵ/

Vowels
	Front	Back
Close	i	u
Close-mid	e	o
Open/ Open-mid	a	ʌ

All vowels can have high, mid, or low tone

References[edit]

↑ "Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011". www.censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
↑ Coupe (2015) "Prestopped bilabial trills in Sangtam", Proceedings of the 18th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, Glasgow, 10–14 August 2015

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[1] "Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011". www.censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 7 July 2018.

[2] Coupe (2015) "Prestopped bilabial trills in Sangtam", Proceedings of the 18th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, Glasgow, 10–14 August 2015

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