Sorbung language

Sorbung
Region	Manipur
Ethnicity	Tangkhul Naga
Native speakers	300 (2011)[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Kuki-Chin?; Tangkhulic? Sorbung; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	sorb1250[2]

Sorbung is a recently discovered Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Manipur, northeastern India. It could be either a Kuki-Chin or Tangkhulic language. Mortenson and Keogh (2011) consider a Kuki-Chin affiliation to be more likely, although they recognize that are strong links with Southern Tangkhul.^[1]

Sorbung is spoken by about 300 people of Sorbung village, Ukhrul District, Manipur, northeastern India. Sorbung speakers consider themselves to be ethnic Tangkhul. A language that is unambiguously Tangkhulic is spoken in nearby Tusom village. Kuki (Thadou) and Maring are also spoken in neighboring villages.

References

1 2 Mortenson, David and Jennifer Keogh. 2011. "Sorbung, an Undocumented Language of Manipur: its Phonology and Place in Tibeto-Burman". In JEALS 4, vol 1. http://jseals.org/JSEALS-4-1.pdf
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Sorbung". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

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[Mortenson2011-1] 1 2 Mortenson, David and Jennifer Keogh. 2011. "Sorbung, an Undocumented Language of Manipur: its Phonology and Place in Tibeto-Burman". In JEALS 4, vol 1. http://jseals.org/JSEALS-4-1.pdf

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