Sakachep also known as Khelma, is a Central Kuki-Chin-Mizo language of Northeast India. Dialects are Khelma, Achep, Mar-Achep (Marachepang), Thang Achep, and Sak Achep (Ethnologue). VanBik (2009)VanBik, Kenneth. 2009. Proto-Kuki-Chin: A Reconstructed Ancestor of the Kuki-Chin-Mizo Languages. STEDT Monograph 8. . 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.
Geographical distribution Ethnologue reports the following locations for Sakachep.
Karbi Anglong district, Dima Hasao district (formerly North Cachar Hills district), and Cachar district of Assam Khelma village, Kohima district, Nagaland Saithsma, Rumphung, and Mongor villages of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya Tripura Mizoram Manipur
References
External links Sakachep language documentation in the Computational Resource for South Asian Languages (CoRSAL) archive