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{{Infobox language<br />
|name=Lish<br />
|altname=Lishpa, Khispi<br />
|nativename=<br />
|region=[[Arunachal Pradesh]]<br />
|ethnicity=[[Lishipa tribe|Lishipa]]<br />
|speakers=1,500<br />
|date=2017<br />
|ref=<ref name="Lieberherr-Bodt"/><br />
|familycolor=Sino-Tibetan<br />
|fam1=[[Sino-Tibetan languages|Sino-Tibetan]]<br />
|fam2=[[Kho-Bwa languages|Kho-Bwa]]<br />
|iso3=lsh<br />
|glotto=lish1235<br />
|glottorefname=Khispi<br />
}}<br />
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'''Lish''' (also called '''Lishpa''' or '''Khispi''') is a [[Kho-Bwa languages|Kho-Bwa]] language of [[West Kameng district]], [[Arunachal Pradesh]] in India. It is a dialect of the same language as [[Chug language|Chug]] and Gompatse.<br />
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The Lish (population 1,567 in 1981) live in Dirang village, a few miles from Chug village, and in Gompatse. The Gompatse variety is not Lish proper, but is rather a lect closely related to Lish.<ref name="Blench2015">Blench, Roger. 2015. [https://www.academia.edu/15108029/The_Mey_languages_and_their_classification ''The Mey languages and their classification'']. Presentation given at the University of Sydney.</ref><br />
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Lish is also spoken in Khispi village.<ref name="Blench2015"/> Despite speaking languages closely related to Mey ([[Sherdukpen language|Sherdukpen]]), the people identify as Monpa, not Mey.<br />
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According to Lieberherr & Bodt (2017),<ref name="Lieberherr-Bodt">Lieberherr, Ismael; Bodt, Timotheus Adrianus. 2017. [https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4t27h5fg Sub-grouping Kho-Bwa based on shared core vocabulary]. In ''Himalayan Linguistics'', 16(2).</ref> Lish is spoken by 1,500 people in 3 main villages.<br />
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==Phonology==<br />
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"<br />
|+Consonants<br />
! colspan="2"|<br />
![[Labial consonant|Labial]]<br />
![[Alveolar consonant|Alveolar]]<br />
![[Palatal consonant|Palatal]]<br />
![[Velar consonant|Velar]]<br />
![[Uvular consonant|Uvular]]<br />
![[Glottal consonant|Glottal]]<br />
|-<br />
! rowspan="2" |[[Plosive]]<br />
!<small>oral</small><br />
|{{IPA link|p}} {{IPA link|b}}<br />
|{{IPA link|t}} {{IPA link|d}}<br />
|<br />
|{{IPA link|k}} {{IPA link|ɡ}}<br />
|{{IPA link|q}} {{IPA link|ɢ}}<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
!<small>[[Aspirated consonant|aspirated]]</small><br />
|{{IPA link|pʰ}}<br />
|{{IPA link|tʰ}}<br />
|<br />
|{{IPA link|kʰ}}<br />
|{{IPA link|qʰ}}<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
! rowspan="2" |[[Affricate]]<br />
!<small>oral</small><br />
|<br />
|<br />
|{{IPA link|tɕ}} {{IPA link|dʑ}}<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
!<small>[[Aspirated consonant|aspirated]]</small><br />
|<br />
|<br />
|{{IPA link|tɕʰ}}<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
! colspan="2"|[[Fricative]]<br />
|<br />
|{{IPA link|s}} {{IPA link|z}}<br />
|{{IPA link|ɕ}} {{IPA link|ʑ}}<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|{{IPA link|h}}<br />
|-<br />
! colspan="2"|[[Nasal consonant|Nasal]]<br />
|{{IPA link|m}}<br />
|{{IPA link|n}}<br />
|{{IPA link|ɲ}}<br />
|{{IPA link|ŋ}}<br />
|{{IPA link|ɴ}}<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
! colspan="2"|[[Approximant]]<br />
|{{IPA link|w}}<br />
|{{IPA link|r}}, {{IPA link|l}}<br />
|{{IPA link|j}}<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|}<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"<br />
|+Vowels<br />
!<br />
![[Front vowel|Front]]<br />
![[Central vowel|Central]]<br />
![[Back vowel|Back]]<br />
|-<br />
![[Close vowel|High]]<br />
|{{IPA link|i}}<br />
|<br />
|{{IPA link|u}}<br />
|-<br />
![[Mid vowel|Mid]]<br />
|{{IPA link|e}}<br />
|<br />
|{{IPA link|o}}<br />
|-<br />
![[Open vowel|Low]]<br />
|<br />
|{{IPA link|a}}<br />
|<br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Sino-Tibetan languages}}<br />
{{Arunachal languages}}<br />
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[[Category:Kho-Bwa languages]]<br />
[[Category:Languages of India]]<br />
[[Category:Endangered languages of India]]<br />
[[Category:Articles citing ISO change requests]]<br />
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