Megam language

Megam
	Lyngam
Native to	Bangladesh
Native speakers	6,900 (2000)[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Brahmaputran Bodo–Garo Garo Megam; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mef
Glottolog	mega1243[2]

Megam is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Kalmakanda subdistrict, Netrokona district, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. It is most closely related to Garo, but has been strongly influenced by Khasian languages, to the extent that it is only 7–9% lexically similar to with A’beng, the neighboring Garo dialect, but 60% similar to the Khasian language Lyngngam.

References

Megam at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Bangladesh Lyngam". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

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[e18-1] Megam at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

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