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Kharam language

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Kharam
Native toIndia
RegionManipur
EthnicityKharam people
Native speakers
(1,400 cited 2000)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3kfw
Glottologkhar1288  Kharam

Kharam is a Kuki-Chin language, belonging to the Northwestern or "Old Kuki" subfamily.[2] According Ethnologue, Kharam shares a high degree of mutual intelligibility with Purum. The speakers of this language use Meitei language as their second language (L2) according to the Ethnologue.[3]

Geographical distribution

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Kharam is spoken in the following locations of Manipur (Ethnologue).

  • Kangpokpi district: Purum Likli, Purum Khulen, Purum Khunou, Waicheiphai, and Moibung Likli villages
  • Chandel district: Lamlang Huipi, Chandanpokpi, Khongkhang Chothe, Loirang Talsi, Salemthar, Zat’lang, and New Wangparan villages

References

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  1. ^ Kharam at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Thurgood, Graham (2016), "Sino-Tibetan: Genetic and Areal Subgroups", in Graham Thurgood; Randy J. LaPolla (eds.), The Sino-Tibetan Languages (2 ed.), Taylor & Francis, p. 22, ISBN 9781315399492
  3. ^ "Meitei | Ethnologue". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2023-05-03.