Alternate Names: Jingphaw, Kachin, Sing-Fo
Dialects: Turung. Lexical similarity: 50% with Jingpho , of Myanmar.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 2,500 (Morey 2006).
Language Use: Home only. Most in Assam are also fluent in Assamese [asm]. Used as L2 by Tase Naga [nst].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: Less than 40%. Bible.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: India
Other Comments: Many loans from Khamti ,. Kachin refers to a cultural, rather than a linguistic group. A Scheduled Tribe. Buddhist, traditional religion.