Zakhring language

Zakhring
Meyor
Native to	India
Region	Arunachal
Ethnicity	Zekhring people
Native speakers	900 (2002–2007)[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan (unclear; possibly East Bodish or Midzuish) Zakhring
Language codes
ISO 639-3	zkr
Glottolog	zakh1243[2]

Zahkring (also Eastern Mishmi, Zaiwa, or Meyor) is a small Sino-Tibetan language of Arunachal Pradesh in India.

Zakhring has been classified as a Midzuish language.^[3] However, it appears that Midzu may not be Sino-Tibetan, whereas Zakhring clearly is. Blench and Post (2011) think that it is an East Bodish language that has been influenced by Midzu or other divergent languages of the region.^[4]

A closely related language called Zha (Zhahua 扎话) is spoken in China.^[5]

Landi (2005:164) also notes that Zakhring has some surprising similarities to Miju.

Distribution

In China, Meyoe is spoken in Songgu, Lading, and Tama villages in Lower Zayü Township, Zayü County, Tibet.^[1]

Meyor communities are found in the following 15 villages of Kibthoo Circle and Walong Circle of Anjaw District, Arunachal Pradesh. They are located on both banks of the Lohit River. The total population of the villages numbered 376 as of May 2001 (Landi 2005:1).

• Kibthoo Circle
  • 1.Kahao
  • 2. Mosai
  • 3. Danbari
  • 4. Kundan
  • 5. Khroti
  • 6. Yaikung
  • 7. Bara Kundan 8.Kunjuk
• Walong Circle
  • 1.Walong
  • 2. Tinai
  • 3. Dong
  • 4. Tilam
  • 5. Sapkung
  • 6. Pangung

References

1. Zakhring at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Zakhring". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
3. George van Driem (2001) Languages of the Himalayas: An Ethnolinguistic Handbook of the Greater Himalayan Region. Brill.
4. Blench, Roger; Post, Mark (2011), (De)classifying Arunachal languages: Reconstructing the evidence (PDF)
5. Li Daqin & Jiang Di 李大勤，江荻 2001. 扎语概况 [Brief introduction of Zha speech]. 民族语文 Minority Languages of China 2001(6): 61-75.

• Landi, Victor 2005. The Meyors and their language. Itanagar: Directorate of Research, Arunachal Pradesh Government.