Maringic languages

Sino-Tibetan languages of Manipur, India
Maring
Maring written in Meitei script
RegionManipur
EthnicityMaring Naga
Native speakers
26,000 (2011 census)[1]
Language family
Sino-Tibetan
Writing system
Meitei script
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
nng – Maring proper
nkb – Khoibu
Glottologmari1415
ELPMaring Naga
A Khoibu speaker recorded in India.

Maring and Uipo (exonym: Khoibu) are closely related Sino-Tibetan languages spoken by the Maring and Khoibu people in Manipur, India. Linguistically, they are closest to the Tangkhulic languages.

Maring is spoken in Laiching in the southeast of Chandel district, Manipur and the northern border mountainous region of Tengnoupal subdivision of that district (Ethnologue). Uipo, also known by the exonym Khoibu,[2] is spoken in Khoibu, Narum, Saibol, and Yangkhul villages of Chandel District (Ethnologue).

In 2020, Uipo language activist Mr. Mosyel Syelsaangthyel Khaling became the first Indian citizen to receive the Excellence in Community Linguistics Award of the Linguistic Society of America.[3]

References

  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.
  2. ^ SCHUMANN, Freya. 2023. Uipo tonology. 26th Himalayan Languages Symposium, 4-6 September 2023. Paris: INALCO.
  3. ^ "Uipo Language Activist to Receive 2020 Excellence in Community Linguistics Award". Retrieved 10 June 2020.
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