Shumcho language

Shumcho^[2] is an underdocumented Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Kinnaur district, Himachal Pradesh, India.

Shumcho
Region	Himachal Pradesh
Native speakers	2400 (2022)[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Bodic ? West Himalayish Kinnauric Thebor Shumcho
Language codes
ISO 639-3	scu
Glottolog	shum1243

Shumcho speakers make up a majority of the population in the villages of Kanam, Labrang, Spillo, Shyaso, Rushkalang and Taling. They also reside in the mixed villages of Sunnam, Jangi, Lippa and Asrang where they belong to the lower Scheduled Caste. Upper-caste Scheduled Tribe dwellers of the same villages speak related but distinct languages, Sunam and Jangshung.^[3]