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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=February 2020}}<br /> The &#039;&#039;&#039;Lishipa&#039;&#039;&#039; is a tribal group found in the [[Dirang]] area in the [[West Kameng]] district of [[Arunachal Pradesh]] in [[India]]. They are ethnically related to both the [[Chugpa]] and [[Monpa people|Monpa]], in which they are officially classified as a tribe of the Monpa.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite book|title=Awareness in Weaker Section: Perspective Development and Prospects|author=Mahendra Lal Patel|publisher=M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd.|year=1997|isbn=81-7533-029-5|page=253}}&lt;/ref&gt; However, the relative affinity of their linguistic origins to the Sherdukpen, Sulung and Bugun that rendered their distinct identity from the Monpas. The tribe boasts about 1,000 individuals.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite book|title=Encyclopedia of the World&#039;s Endangered Languages|author=Christopher Moseley|publisher=[[Routledge]]|year=2007|isbn=978-0-7007-1197-0|page=297}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> As they were the descendants of the early waves of immigrants that came from [[Tibet]], they are considered{{by whom|date=August 2014}} socially inferior to the [[Monpa people|Monpa]]. Their houses are constructed from stone and wood with plank floors, with the roof made from Bamboo. Like the [[Monpa people|Monpa]], they are [[Tibetan Buddhist]] by religion.{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}<br /> <br /> [[Lish language|Their language]] is grouped with a number of other languages of the area as [[Kho-Bwa languages|Kho-Bwa]]. It is possibly of [[Tibeto-Burman]] derivation.{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> * [http://www.raonline.ch/pages/bt/peop/btpeop_tshangla01.html Tshangla language]<br /> * Gender Analysis : Case Study of Arunachal Pradesh, from [https://web.archive.org/web/20120910064218/http://www.mssrf.org/], previously on https://web.archive.org/web/20040803135211/http://www.mssrf.org/fris9809/index.html, Text based on the Case Study of Ms. Sumi Krishna. Gender Dimensions in Biodiversity Management : India. Report submitted to FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok, Thailand. June 1997.<br /> <br /> {{Tribes of Arunachal Pradesh}}<br /> <br /> {{authority control}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Tribes of Arunachal Pradesh]]<br /> [[Category:Buddhist communities of India]]</div>

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