Moran language

Moran
Moran
Native to	India
Region	Assam
Extinct	ca. 1900
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Brahmaputran Bodo–Koch Bodo–Garo Bodo Moran; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Linguist List	qg1
Glottolog	None

Moran (Morān) is an extinct Sino-Tibetan language spoken in India related to Bodo. It was one of the indigenous languages of the Assam Valley, and the first people conquered by the invading Ahom. The name reportedly means 'forest dweller'. It was nearly extinct by 1900.^[1]

References

^ PRT Gurdon, 1903, "The Morāns", Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, vol. 72, no. 1, p 36 ff

External links

Moran at Brahmaputra Studies Database

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[1] PRT Gurdon, 1903, "The Morāns", Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, vol. 72, no. 1, p 36 ff

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