Kharam language
Kharam is a Southern Naga language of India. Peterson (2017)[3] classifies the closely related Purum language (and hence Kharam as well) as part of the Northwestern branch of Kuki-Chin. According Ethnologue, Kharam shares a high degree of mutual intelligibility with Purum.
| Kharam | |
|---|---|
| Native to | India |
| Region | Manipur |
| Ethnicity | Kharam people |
Native speakers | 1,400 (2000)[1] |
Sino-Tibetan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kfw |
| Glottolog | khar1288 Kharam Naga[2] |
Geographical distribution
Kharam Naga is spoken in the following locations of Manipur (Ethnologue).
- Senapati district: Purumlikli, Purumkhulen, Purumkhunou, Waicheiphai, and Moibunglikli villages
- Chandel district: Lamlang Huipi, Chandanpokpi, Khongkhang Chothe, Loirang Talsi, Salemthar, Zat’lang, and New Wangparan villages
gollark: Oops, wrong microphone.
gollark: "Yeet"? I am disappointed.
gollark: * ocuririrng
gollark: * occurrrring
gollark: So is anything except foolish music occuring?
References
- Kharam at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Kharam Naga". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Peterson, David. 2017. "On Kuki-Chin subgrouping." In Picus Sizhi Ding and Jamin Pelkey, eds. Sociohistorical linguistics in Southeast Asia: New horizons for Tibeto-Burman studies in honor of David Bradley, 189-209. Leiden: Brill.
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