Maringic languages
| Maring | |
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 Maring written in Meitei script | |
| Region | Manipur |
| Ethnicity | Maring Naga |
Native speakers | 26,000 (2011 census)[1] |
| Meitei script | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:nng – Maring propernkb – Khoibu |
| Glottolog | mari1415 |
| ELP | Maring Naga |
Maring and Uipo (exonym: Khoibu) are closely related Sino-Tibetan languages spoken by the Maring and Khoibu people in Manipur, India. Linguistically, they are closest to the Tangkhulic languages.
Maring is spoken in Laiching in the southeast of Chandel district, Manipur and the northern border mountainous region of Tengnoupal subdivision of that district (Ethnologue). Uipo, also known by the exonym Khoibu,[2] is spoken in Khoibu, Narum, Saibol, and Yangkhul villages of Chandel District (Ethnologue).
In 2020, Uipo language activist Mr. Mosyel Syelsaangthyel Khaling became the first Indian citizen to receive the Excellence in Community Linguistics Award of the Linguistic Society of America.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ "Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011". www.censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 2018-07-07.
- ^ SCHUMANN, Freya. 2023. Uipo tonology. 26th Himalayan Languages Symposium, 4-6 September 2023. Paris: INALCO.
- ^ "Uipo Language Activist to Receive 2020 Excellence in Community Linguistics Award". Retrieved 10 June 2020.
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| Western Himalayas (Himachal, Uttarakhand, Nepal, Sikkim) |
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| Myanmar and Indo-Burmese border |
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| East and Southeast Asia |
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| Dubious (possible isolates) (Arunachal) |
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