| Sakachep | |
|---|---|
| Khelma/Achep | |
| Region | India |
| Ethnicity | Khelma (Sakachep) |
Native speakers | 25,000 (2003)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | sch |
| Glottolog | saka1283 |
Sakachep also known as Khelma, is a Central Kuki-Chin-Mizo language of Northeast India. Dialects are Khelma, Thangachep, and Sakachep (Ethnologue). VanBik (2009)[2] classifies Sakachep as closely related to Aimol, Anal, Chiru, Kharam, Koireng(Koren), Kom, Lamkang, Purum, Biate, Chorei, Ranglong, Molsom, Hrangkhol, Kaipeng, Bongcher and Thiek-Hmar.
- ^ Sakachep at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ VanBik, Kenneth. 2009. Proto-Kuki-Chin: A Reconstructed Ancestor of the Kuki-Chin-Mizo Languages. STEDT Monograph 8. ISBN 0-944613-47-0.
