Sherdukpen in India

2. Status

Status

Official country wide language
Official regional language
Official minority language
Recognised community language
Unrecognised community language

National language

No

Indigenous language

Yes

Administrative units of the country

North East India

3. State

Documentation: materials

Written

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Video

Extended corpora
Annotated corpora
Corpus/corpora
Materials/corpus
Some materials
No materials

Digital

Yes

Comments

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9KQa7kiS7Q&pp=ygUjIFNIRVJEVUtQRU4gdHJpYmVzIGN1bHV0dXJhbCB2aWRlb3M%3D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nynbUcaYhCM&pp=ygUjIFNIRVJEVUtQRU4gdHJpYmVzIGN1bHV0dXJhbCB2aWRlb3M%3D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBsjQ8olXQw&pp=ygUjIFNIRVJEVUtQRU4gdHJpYmVzIGN1bHV0dXJhbCB2aWRlb3M%3D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6MjVLOZs0k&pp=ygUjIFNIRVJEVUtQRU4gdHJpYmVzIGN1bHV0dXJhbCB2aWRlb3M%3D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vo7sw0cO8OU&pp=ygUjIFNIRVJEVUtQRU4gdHJpYmVzIGN1bHV0dXJhbCB2aWRlb3M%3D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGoVPWK4Jog&pp=ygUfU0hFUkRVS1BFTiB0cmliZSBjdWx0dXJlIHZpZGVvcw%3D%3D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYeW850M9uE&pp=ygUfU0hFUkRVS1BFTiB0cmliZSBjdWx0dXJlIHZpZGVvcw%3D%3D
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=+SHERDUKPEN+tribes+culutural+videos
https://archive.org/search?query=SHERDUKPEN&and%5B%5D=mediatype%3A%22movies%22

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Audio

Extended corpora
Annotated corpora
Corpus/corpora
Materials/corpus
Some materials
No materials

Digital

Yes

Comments

https://globalrecordings.net/en/program/63939
https://globalrecordings.net/en/program/62164
https://api.globalrecordings.net/files/language/mp3/16613.zip
https://api.globalrecordings.net/files/language/mp3-low/16613.zip
https://api.globalrecordings.net/files/language/avi/16613.zip
https://globalrecordings.net/en/language/sdp
https://lai.ciil.org/items/bee1449a-a36a-4e46-8a74-1391a24724c8
https://lai.ciil.org/items/899a2883-d2c9-4eda-aec1-4ca6e83eacbb
https://lai.ciil.org/items/50ac96df-dfda-4027-a9b4-5855796c524f
https://lai.ciil.org/items/8f094049-3f53-4f91-84de-db7ce85bcadf
https://lai.ciil.org/search?spc.page=1&query=SHERDUKPEN&spc.sf=score&spc.sd=DESC

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Documentation: descriptions

Elaborated dictionaries, grammars, statistical language models, etc.
Dictionaries and grammars
Dictionary and grammar
Glossary and descriptions
Few descriptions
No descriptions

Comments

François Jacquesson. 2015. An Introduction to Sherdukpen Language. Bochum: Brockmeyer. xi+275pp.
Dondrup, Rinchin. 1988. A hand book on Sherdukpen language. Itanagar: Shillong: The Philology Section, Research Department, North-East Frontier Agency. 86pp. (English and Sherdukpen (Sherdukpen in Devanagari and roman)).
North East Frontier Agency. 1954. Dictionary of sentences "Sherdukpen". Shillong: Office of the Adviser to the Governor of Assam. iv+136pp.
Sharma, R. R. P. 1988. The Sherdukpens. Itanagar: Government of Arunachal Pradesh. 110pp.
Gemini Paul. 1958, 1958, 1958, 1958, 1959. Sherdukpens. Vanyajati VI, VI, VI, VI, VII. 22-26, 61-69, 96-102, 153-156, 4-10.
Dondrup, Rinchin. 1988. A Handbook on Sherdukpen Language. Itanagar: Government of Arunachal Pradesh.
https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/sher1257
Jose, Nani Tamang, 2011. Study on society economy polity and culture of the Sherdukpens of Arunachal Pradesh till 1947 A D, (Ph.D) Department of History, Rajiv Gandhi University.
https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/simple-search?query= SHERDUKPEN&go=
Jacquesson, F. (2018). How to write Shertukpen (Sherdukpen) Language?.
Jacquesson, F. (2015). An introduction to Sherdukpen language. Universitätsverlag Brockmeyer.
https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=SHERDUKPEN+language&btnG=

Standardization

Modern standard language
Young standard language
Standardised language
Quasi-standard language
Semi-standardised language
Un-standardised language

Graphisation & script encoding

Standardised writing system with full script encoding
Conventionalised writing system with partial script encoding
Consistent writing system with no script encoding
Unsystematic writing system(s)
Limited written use
No written use

4. Users

Geographical distribution

Users live and dominate in all regions of the country
Users live in one [state/...] of the country
Users live in a cross-border region [state/...] of the country
Users live in separated [states/...] of the country
Users live dispersed across one [state/...] of the country
Users live scattered all over the country

Settlements

Rural
Urban

Administrative units of the country

Arunachal Pradesh

Size / Number of users

Number of users

9663

Source

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherdukpen_people
SCHEDULED TRIBES BY MOTHER TONGUE (FOR EACH TRIBE SEPARATELY) - 2011

Year

2011

Users within total population

Age distribution of users

percentage of members of older generations (> 65)

Educational attainment

Early childhood education

Occupational qualifications

Language competence

Literacy of users

Digital use

5. Use

Socio-geographic dimension

Geographic scope

International
Supranational
Cross-border (states)
State-wide
Supra-regional cross-border
Supra-regional
Regional cross-border
Regional
Local

Source

https://www.ethnologue.com/language/sdp/

Economic dimension

Functional dimension

Functional use in administration

Language use in administration

International level
National level
Regional level
Local level
Auxiliary use
No use

Types of language use

signed / spoken use
written use
digital use

Ethnoculture

No use
Informal learning
Skills and knowledge
Performing arts
Social practices
Customary law
Traditional medicine
Knowledge and practices
Traditions and expressions

Formal Education

Early childhood education

Primary level

Lower secondary level

Higher secondary level

Tertiary level

Public healthcare

Information, communication and cultural production

Information services
Broadcasting
Video, film
Sound/music recording
Publishing activities
Language not used

Information services
Broadcasting
Video, film
Sound/music recording
Publishing activities
Language not used

Information services
Broadcasting
Video, film
Sound/music recording
Publishing activities
Language not used

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