Lish language

Lish
	Lishpa, Khispi
Region	Arunachal Pradesh
Ethnicity	Lishipa
Native speakers	1,500 (2017)[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan? Kho-Bwa Lish; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	lsh
Glottolog	lish1235

Lish (also called Lishpa or Khispi) is a Kho-Bwa language of West Kameng district, Arunachal Pradesh in India. It is closely related to Chug.

The Lish (population 1,567 in 1981) live in Dirang village, a few miles from Chug village, and in Gompatse. The Gompatse variety is not Lish proper, but is rather a lect closely related to Lish.[2]

Lish is also spoken in Khispi village.[2] Despite speaking languages closely related to Mey (Sherdukpen), the people identify as Monpa, not Mey.

According to Lieberherr & Bodt (2017),[1] Lish is spoken by 1,500 people in 3 main villages.

References

Lieberherr, Ismael; Bodt, Timotheus Adrianus. 2017. Sub-grouping Kho-Bwa based on shared core vocabulary. In Himalayan Linguistics, 16(2).
Blench, Roger. 2015. The Mey languages and their classification. Presentation given at the University of Sydney.

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[Lieberherr-Bodt-1] Lieberherr, Ismael; Bodt, Timotheus Adrianus. 2017. Sub-grouping Kho-Bwa based on shared core vocabulary. In Himalayan Linguistics, 16(2).

[Blench2015-2] Blench, Roger. 2015. The Mey languages and their classification. Presentation given at the University of Sydney.