Kharam language
Appearance
Kharam | |
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Native to | India |
Region | Manipur |
Ethnicity | Kharam people |
Native speakers | (1,400 cited 2000)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | kfw |
Glottolog | khar1288 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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ Kharam at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ 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
- ^ "Meitei | Ethnologue". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2023-05-03.