Chug language
| Chug | |
|---|---|
| Duhumbi | |
| Region | Arunachal Pradesh |
| Ethnicity | Monpa people |
Native speakers | 600 (2017) |
Sino-Tibetan?
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | cvg |
| Glottolog | chug1252 |
Chug (also called Chugpa or Duhumbi) is a Kho-Bwa language of West Kameng district, Arunachal Pradesh in India. It is a dialect of the same language as Lish and Gompatse.
Chug is spoken only in Chug village (population 483 in 1971), located a few miles from Dirang (Blench & Post 2011:3).
Chug is spoken in Duhumbi village. Despite speaking languages closely related to Mey (Sherdukpen), the people identify as Monpa, not Mey.
According to Lieberherr & Bodt (2017), Chug is spoken by 600 people in 3 main villages.