Himalayan Linguistics

Tawang Monpa, also known as Dakpa, is an East Bodish language spoken in Arunachal Pradesh in India, and in Trashigang in Bhutan. This article is a brief description of the main grammatical features of the language. In the section about nouns and the noun phrase the use of the case markers and a topic marker will be discussed in detail, in addition to other features related to the noun phrase. In the section about verbs and the verb phrase negation and various adverbial suffixes will be discussed in detail, as well as a set of tense, aspect, modality, evidentiality suffixes. Pronouns, adjectives, adverbs and deictic expression will also be described, in addition to sections about the structure of the simple clause and clause combination.