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Sangtam Naga in India

Speakers

76,000

Type

Spoken language

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Location

India

Sangtam Naga in India

Country

India

Language status situation

Endangered/unsafe

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Language situation

Endangered

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Information available

1. Basics

Names

Sangtam Naga in India

Size

76,000

2. Status

Status

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

National language

Indigenous language

Yes

Administrative units of the country

NER

3. State

Documentation: materials

Written

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

Digital

Yes

Comments

{No Author Stated}. 2016. Yusüp: Bilingual Dictionary of Sangtam-Naga. Dimapur, Nagaland: Sangtam Literature Board. 681pp.

Sangtam Naga - Genesis Portion. The Bible Society of India.1995. https://archive.org/details/NSABSI_DBS_HS/page/n3/mode/2up

TSALONGSE CHODONGSE AND KEDUTSO KAPFO. 2009 sangtam Folktales. CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF INDIAN LANGUAGES, MYSORE.

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Video

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

Digital

Yes

Comments

https://archive.org/details/jesus-film-naga-sangtam-language

https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/sangtam

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Audio

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

Digital

Yes

Comments

https://5fish.mobi/3082/C17561

https://www.languageshome.com/New/english-sangtam/

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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

Digital

Yes

Comments

Imchen, Imlienla. 2012. The phonology and morphology of Sangtam. (Doctoral dissertation, Shillong: North-Eastern Hill University; xv+184pp.)

Imchen, Imlienla. 2014. Linguistic ecology of Sangtam. In War, J. and S. K. Singh and Saralin A. Lyngdoh and B. Khyriem (eds.), Tibeto-Burman Linguistics of North-East India, 54-75. Guwahati: EBH Publishers.

Kumar, Braj Bihari and T. Tsasmad Sadtam and Anandi Prasad Mandal. 1973. Hindi Sangtam English dictionary. Kohima: Nagaland Bhasha Parishad (NBP). 110pp.

Alexander R. Coupe. 2020. Northern Sangtam phonetics, phonology and word list. Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area 43. 147-189. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company.

H. E. Kauffmann. 1939. Kurze Ethnographie der nördlichen Sangtam-Naga (Lophomi) Assam [Short ethnography of the northern Sangtam Naga (Lophomi), Assam]. Anthropos 34. 207-245.

Dr Lanusangla Tzudir, 2017. NAGALAND HERITAGE STUDIES SANGTAM CLASS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Heritage Publishing House SCERT. 978-93-87594-36-4.

Pascal Bouchery and Lemlila Sangtam. (2012). The Kinship Terminology of the Sangtam Nagas. European Bulletin of Himalayan Research 41: 9-29

https://lai.ciil.org/items/df9dcc1d-225e-41a0-8444-5ac2a4ab6da8

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

Comments

Sangtam Naga is written with Latin Script

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

Nagaland

Size / Number of users

Number of users

76000

Source

Census of India

Year

2011

Users within total population

Source

Census of India

Year

2011

Users within the reference community

Age distribution of users

Generational use

Educational attainment

Occupational qualifications

Language competence

Literacy of users

More than 50% of users with literacy in the language

Source

Census of India

Year

2011

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

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

Legal system

Language use in the legal system

General use
Legal transactions
Court proceedings
Written submissions
Spoken/signed testimonies
Language not used

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