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{{Infobox language<br />
|name=Kalaktang Monpa<br />
|nativename=<br />
|region=[[Arunachal Pradesh]]<br />
|speakers=8000<br />
|date=2005<br />
|ref=<ref>{{citation|title = Monpa, Kalaktang|website = [[Ethnologue]]|url = https://www.ethnologue.com/language/kkf|accessdate = 2023-02-13}}</ref><br />
|familycolor=Sino-Tibetan<br />
|fam2=[[Tibeto-Burman languages|Tibeto-Burman]]?<br />
|fam3=[[Tibeto-Kanauri languages|Tibeto-Kanauri]]?<br />
|fam4=Kalaktang Monpa–[[Tshangla language|Tshangla]]<br />
|iso3=kkf<br />
|glotto=kala1376<br />
|glottorefname=Kalaktang Monpa<br />
}}<br />
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'''Kalaktang Monpa''' is an underdocumented [[Sino-Tibetan languages|Sino-Tibetan]] language spoken in [[West Kameng district]], [[Arunachal Pradesh]], [[India]].<br />
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==Classification==<br />
Kalaktang Monpa should not be confused with the [[Takpa language]] known under the name ''Tawang Monpa'' in India. It is also distinct from the neighboring [[Dirang Monpa language]]. According to [[Roger Blench]], [[Tshangla language|Tshangla]] as spoken in [[Bhutan]] is the closest external relative of Kalaktang Monpa.<ref>{{citation|last = Blench|first = Roger|author-link = Roger Blench|year = 2012|title = Sorting out Monpa: the relationships of the Bodic languages. Draft Manuscript|url = https://www.rogerblench.info/Language/NEI/Bodish/General/Sorting%20out%20Monpa.pdf}}</ref> [[Glottolog]] classifies Kalaktang Monpa under ''Tshanglic'', a sub-branch of the [[Bodic languages]].<ref>{{citation|title = Spoken L1 Language: Kalaktang Monpa|website = [[Glottolog]]|url = https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/kala1376|accessdate = 2023-02-12}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Bodic languages}}<br />
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[[Category:Languages of Arunachal Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:West Kameng district]]<br />
[[Category:Endangered languages of India]]<br />
[[Category:Bodic languages]]<br />
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