Maring language (India)

Maring
Region	Manipur
Ethnicity	Maring Naga
Native speakers	25,814 (2011 census)[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Tangkhulic Maring; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; nng – Maring proper; nkb – Khoibu
Glottolog	mari1415[2]

Maring is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in India. Ethnologue classifies it as a Tangkhulic language.

Maring is spoken by the Maring people, who live in Laiching in the southeast of Chandel District, Manipur and the northern border mountainous region of Tengnoupal subdivision, Chandel district, Manipur (Ethnologue). It is also spoken by people who are scattered in different pockets of villages scattered across the state.

Khoibu is spoken by about 25,000 people in Khoibu, Narum, Saibol, and Yangkhul villages of Chandel District, Manipur, India, and also in Laiching, Manipur (Ethnologue).

References

↑ "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.
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Maringic". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[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.

[Glottolog-2] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Maringic". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.