Khoirao language
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| Khoirao | |
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| Thangal Naga | |
 Thangal written in Meitei script | |
| Region | Manipur, Assam |
| Ethnicity | Thangal people |
Native speakers | 24,000 (2001)[1] |
Sino-Tibetan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | nki |
| Glottolog | than1255 |
| ELP | Thangal Naga |
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Khoirao, also known as Thangal, is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Manipur, India. The speakers of this language use Meitei language as their second language (L2) according to the Ethnologue.[2]
Geographical distribution
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Khoirao is spoken in the East and West Sadar hills subdivisions, Senapati district, northern Manipur, in the villages of Mapao Thangal, Thangal Surung, Makeng Thangal, Tumnoupokpi, Yaikongpao, T-Khullen, Ningthoubam, Mayangkhang, and Angkailongdi. Most villages located are east of the Barak valley.[citation needed][verification needed]
References
[edit]- ^ Khoirao at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ "Meitei | Ethnologue". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
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| Western Himalayas (Himachal, Uttarakhand, Nepal, Sikkim) |
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| Eastern Himalayas (Tibet, Bhutan, Arunachal) | |||||
| 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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