"Mey language" redirects here. For ISO 639-3 language code mey, see Hassaniya Arabic.
Sherdukpen
Mey
Ngnok
Region
Assam, Arunachal Pradesh
Ethnicity
Sherdukpen people
Native speakers
5,000 (2019)[1]
Language family
Possibly Sino-Tibetan
Kho-Bwa
Mey–Sartang
Sherdukpen
Dialects
Shergaon
Tukpen (Rupa)
Language codes
ISO 639-3
sdp
Glottolog
sher1257
ELP
Sherdukpen
Sherdukpen (autonym: Mey) is a small language of India. It is one of the Kho-Bwa languages.[2] 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.
^Sherdukpen at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
^Post, Mark W. and Roger Blench (2011). "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
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