The ASJP Database - Wordlist Spitian

Wordlist Spitian

Compiled by Matthew S. Dryer

No.	Meaning	Concepticon	Word	Loan

Glottocode: spit1240
ISO 639-3: spt

Coordinates WGS84

32°32'N, 77°50'E
32.53, 77.83

number of speakers	10,000
status	alive

Classification

WALS: ST > Bodic
Glottolog: Sino Tibetan > Bodic > Bodish > Earlyoldtibetan > Middleoldtibetan > Lateoldtibetan > Lahauli Spiti > Spiti Jad
Ethnologue: Sino Tibetan > Tibeto Burman > Westerntibeto Burman > Bodish > Centralbodish > Central > Western

Sources

Sharma 1992: Spitian. In Tribal Languages of Himachal Pradesh: Part Two (Studies in Tibeto-Himalayan Languages II), 1-96. New Delhi, India: Mittal Publications. Sharma, Suhnu R. 1979. Phonological structure of Spiti. Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area 4(2). 83-110.