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Singpho is a dialect of the Jingpho language spoken by the Singpho people of Arunachal Pradesh and Assam. It is spoken by at least 3,000 people. Singpho is the local pronunciation of Jingpho. The Jingpho/Singpho (Jinghpaw, Chingp'o), or Kachin, language is a Tibeto-Burman language mainly spoken in Kachin State, Burma (Myanmar) and Yunnan Province, China. The term Kachin language can refer either to the Jingpho language or to a group of languages spoken by various ethnic groups in the same region as Jingpo: Lisu, Lachit, Rawang, Zaiwa, Lhaovo, Achang (Ngo Chang), and Jingpho. These languages are from distinct branches of the highest level of the Tibeto-Burman family. Total estimated native speakers are 950,000 (2001)census. The Jingpho alphabet is based on the Latin script. Jingpho has verbal morphology that marks the subject and the direct object. Here is one example (the tonemes are not marked). The verb is 'to be' (rai). Jingpho syllable finals can consist of vowels, nasals, or oral stops. Jingpho/Singpho language has five tones. For Example: Wa (high short tone) compensate Á Wa (middle tone) teeth Ä Wa (high tone) father à Wa (Low tone) come back Ā Wa (Low short tone) pig Ą Tones are not usually marked in writing.
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