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Maring language (India)

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Maring
Maring written in Meitei script
RegionManipur
EthnicityMaring
Native speakers
26,000 (2011 census)[1]
Meitei script
Language codes
ISO 639-3nng
Glottologmari1416
A Khoibu speaker recorded in India.

Maring and Uipo (exonym: Khoibu) are closely related Sino-Tibetan languages spoken by the Maring and Khoibu people in Manipur, India. Linguistically, they are closest to the Tangkhulic languages.

Maring is spoken in Laiching in the southeast of Chandel district, Manipur and the northern border mountainous region of Tengnoupal subdivision of that district (Ethnologue).

Phonology

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Consonants[2]
Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Plosive p b t d k
Aspirated
Fricative f s h
Nasal m n ŋ
Approximant w l r j
Vowels[2]
Front Central Back
High i u
Mid e o
Low a

Additionally, the following diphthongs have been observed: /ei/, /ai/, /au/, /ui/, /oi/.

References

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  1. ^ "Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011". www.censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 2018-07-07.
  2. ^ a b Namkung, Ju (1996). Matisoff, James A. (ed.). "Phonological Inventories of Tibeto-Burman Languages" (PDF). Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus Monograph Series (3). University of California, Berkeley.