Kharam language
| Kharam | |
|---|---|
| Native to | India |
| Region | Manipur |
| Ethnicity | Kharam people |
Native speakers | 1,400 (2000)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kfw |
| Glottolog | khar1288 Kharam Naga |
Kharam (Kharam Naga) is a Kuki-Chin language of India. However, speakers consider themselves to be ethnic Naga people, rather than part of the Kuki and Chin ethnic groups. Peterson (2017)[2] classifies the closely related Purum language (and hence Kharam as well) as part of the Northwestern branch of Kuki-Chin. According Ethnologue, Kharam shares a high degree of mutual intelligibility with Purum.
Geographical distribution
Kharam Naga is spoken in the following locations of Manipur (Ethnologue).
- Senapati district: Purumlikli, Purumkhulen, Purumkhunou, Waicheiphai, and Moibunglikli villages
- Chandel district: Lamlang Huipi, Chandanpokpi, Khongkhang Chothe, Loirang Talsi, Salemthar, Zat’lang, and New Wangparan villages
References
- ^ Kharam at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Peterson, David. 2017. "On Kuki-Chin subgrouping." In Picus Sizhi Ding and Jamin Pelkey, eds. Sociohistorical linguistics in Southeast Asia: New horizons for Tibeto-Burman studies in honor of David Bradley, 189-209. Leiden: Brill.