Saihriem language
The Saihriem (Faihriem, Syriem) language is spoken by a mixture of the Saihriem/Faihriem people- a sub tribe of Hmar tribe and other ethnically closely related people such as the Aimol, Kuki, Vaiphei, in four neighbouring villages (Noxatilla, Bagbahar, Balisor, Nagathol & Saihriemkhuo villages) around Dwarbond in Bojalenga Block of Cachar District, Assam. It is critically endangered. It belongs to the Kuki-Chin branch of the Tibeto-Burman family of languages.[1]
| Saihriem | |
|---|---|
| Faihriem | |
| Syriem | |
| Native to | India |
| Region | Cachar District of Assam |
| Ethnicity | Faihriem |
Native speakers | 500–700 (2011)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | syri1242[2] |
References
- Syriem numerals
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Syriem". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- 1999, Robin D. Tribhuwan, Preeti R. Tribhuwan, Tribal dances of India ( Encyclopaedic profile of Indian tribes, volume 1), page 117: […] 21 clans. They are Biete, Changsan, Chawrai, Darngawn, Faihriem, […] and Zote. The past tradition suggests that each clan had a dialect of its own but nowadays a common dialect used by the Hmar people was developed by Christian missionaries
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