Kachai-Padang language
Sino-Tibetan language spoken in India
| Kaachai-Padāng | |
|---|---|
| Native to | India |
| Region | Manipur |
| Ethnicity | Tangkhul Naga |
Native speakers | 3,000 in Kachai village (2003)[1] |
Language family | Sino-Tibetan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | phad1238 |
The language of the neighboring villages of Kaachai and Padāng in Manipur, India, constitute a Tangkhulic language. It is spoken by about 3,000 people in Kachai village, west-central Ukhrul District. Phadāng is only attested from 1859.[1]
References
- ^ a b Mortensen, David R. (2003). “Comparative Tangkhul.” Unpublished Qualifying Paper, UC Berkeley.
- Mortensen, David R. and James A. Miller (2013). “A reconstruction of Proto-Tangkhulic rhymes.” Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area 36(1): 1-32.
- Mortensen, David R. (2012). Database of Tangkhulic Languages. (unpublished ms. contributed to STEDT).
- Mortensen, David R. and James A. Miller (2009). “Proto-Tangkhul Onsets in Comparative Perspective.” International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics 42, Chiangmai, November 4.
- Mortensen, David R. (2003). “Comparative Tangkhul.” Unpublished Qualifying Paper, UC Berkeley.
- Mortensen, David. 2014. The Tangkhulic Tongues - How I Started Working on Endangered Languages.
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Sino-Tibetan branches
(Himachal, Uttarakhand, Nepal, Sikkim)
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(Arunachal)
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