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A Brief Sketch of Interrogative in Sukte (Salhte)

Dr. Arambam Sadananda Singh

Abstract

As reported in my earlier article (http://languageinindia.com/may2019/arambamsuktecasepostposition.pdf), Sukte is one of the unwritten, undocumented, and undescribed languages of Manipur spoken by a tribe in the same name. The Sukte is the name of the language and community.

The term Sukte is derived from Sokte in the form of compounding such as sok ‘to go down or southward’ and te ‘the plural suffix roughly indicating persons’ literally ‘people of the southward or low land’. This language is placed under the Kuki-Chin group of Tibeto-Burman sub-family of languages (Grierson, 1903). It is closely related to many other languages or dialects of Kuki- Chin group of languages namely Baite, Chorai, Chiru, Chothe, Gangte, Guite, Kaipeng, Ranglong, Rangkhol, etc. except Manipuri and are mutually intelligible with Chothe, Gangte, Guite, Simte, etc. They are commonly referred to as Tiddim Chin by neighbouring communities in Manipur; however, they prefer to call themselves as Sukte. The total population of Sukte (Salhte) in Manipur was 1905 according to 2001 Census report of Manipur.

The present paper presents a brief sketch on Interrogative in Sukte language spoken in Churachandpur district of Manipur.

Keywords: Sukte language, Interrogative, Manipur, Tibeto-Burman.

Introduction

Sukte is one of the unwritten, undocumented, and undescribed languages of Manipur spoken by a tribe in the same name. The Sukte is the name of the language and community.

The term Sukte is derived from Sokte in the form of compounding such as sok ‘to go down or southward’ and te ‘the plural suffix roughly indicating persons’ literally ‘people of the southward or low land’. This language is placed under the Kuki-Chin group of Tibeto-Burman sub-family of languages (Grierson, 1903). It is closely related to many other languages or dialects of Kuki- Chin group of languages namely Baite, Chorai, Chiru, Chothe, Gangte, Guite, Kaipeng, Ranglong, Rangkhol, etc. except Manipuri and are mutually intelligible with Chothe, Gangte, Guite, Simte, etc. They are commonly referred to as Tiddim Chin by neighbouring communities in Manipur; however, they prefer to call themselves as Sukte. The total population of Sukte (Salhte) in Manipur was 1905 according to 2001 Census report of Manipur.

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Dr. Arambam Sadananda Singh
Assistant Professor, Department of English
SSGG College
Khurai Imphal East Manipur 795010
arambamsadanandasingh@gmail.com
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