Alternate Names: Southern Monpa, Tsangla Monpa
Dialects: Reportedly most similar to Dirang dialect of Tshangla ,, average 55% intelligibility of Dirang.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 8,000 (2005).
Language Use: Vigorous. Home, village, religion. Positive attitudes. Also use Hindi [hin]. Used as L2 by Bugun [bgg].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 62% for West Kameng District, males 71%, females 49% (2001 census).
Writing System: Unwritten
Nation of Origin: India
Other Comments: ’Monpa’ (Moinba), man of the lower country and refers to several ethnically-related peoples which may not be related linguistically. Buddhist.