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Sunamalso known as or spelled Sungam, Sungnam, Thebor, Thebรถr Skadd, Thebarshad, Central Kinnauri, or Sangnaur is an underdocumented Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Sunnam village,
Kinnaur district Kinnaur is one of the twelve administrative districts of the state of Himachal Pradesh in northern India. The district is divided into three administrative areas (Kalpa, Nichar (Bhabanagar), and Pooh) and has six tehsils. The administrative h ...
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Language situation

Sunam is spoken by the upper caste
Scheduled Tribe The Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) are officially designated groups of people and among the most disadvantaged socio-economic groups in India. The terms are recognized in the Constitution of India and the groups are designa ...
community of Sunnam that makes up about 58% of the village's population. It exists in intese contact with
Shumcho Kinnauri, also known as Kanauri, Kanor, Koonawur, Kanawari or Kunawar (Takri: ๐‘šŠ๐‘šฎ๐‘š๐‘šต๐‘šค๐‘šฏ/๐‘šŠ๐‘š๐‘šต๐‘šค๐‘šฏ/๐‘šŠ๐‘š๐‘šต๐‘šค/๐‘šŠ๐‘šฑ๐‘š๐‘šญ๐‘šฆ๐‘šฐ๐‘šค/๐‘šŠ๐‘šฐ๐‘š๐‘šฆ๐‘šค, Tibetan:เฝ€เฝฒเฝ“เฝฝเฝขเฝฑเฝฒ), is a Sino-Tibet ...
, a related but not mutually intelligible language spoken by the lower Scheduled Caste community in the same village, as well as regional lingua franca Kinnauri and
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and
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that dominate the school system of Himachal Pradesh. Nepali and various
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languages are spoken by migratory laborers also present in the village. Despite its small size and widespread
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, the Sunam-speaking community has a positive attitude towards its language, which is still transmitted to children and used in all domains of daily life.


References

Languages of Himachal Pradesh Kinnaur district Endangered languages of India West Himalayish languages {{st-lang-stub