Khoirao language

Khoirao
Thangal Naga
Thangal written in Meitei script
Region	Manipur, Assam
Ethnicity	Thangal people
Native speakers	24,000 (2001) [1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Zemeic languages Khoirao
Language codes
ISO 639-3	nki
Glottolog	than1255
ELP	Thangal Naga

Khoirao, also known as Thangal, is a Sino-Tibetan ^{[2] [3]} language spoken in Manipur, India. It belongs to the Zemeic branch. ^{[4] [5]}

The speakers of this language use Meitei language as their second language (L2) according to the Ethnologue. ^[6]

Geographical distribution

Khoirao is spoken in the East and West Sadar hills subdivisions, Senapati district, ^[7] northern Manipur, ^[8] in the villages of Mapao Thangal, Thangal Surung, Makeng Thangal, Tumnoupokpi, Yaikongpao, T-Khullen, Ningthoubam, Mayangkhang, and Angkailongdi. Most villages located are east of the Barak valley.^{[ citation needed ][ verification needed ]}

References

1. Khoirao at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. Hale, Austin (1982). "Review of research". Research on Tibeto-Burman Languages. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 1-48 [30-31 (table)]. doi:10.1515/9783110825497-002.
3. Ruhlen, Merritt (1987). "Genetic Classification of the World's Languages". A Guide to the World’s Languages. Vol. I: Classification. Redwood City: Stanford University Press. pp. 275-380 [331-332]. doi:10.1515/9781503621336-015.
4. Bashir, Elena (2016). "Contact and convergence". In Hans Henrich Hock; Elena Bashir (eds.). The Languages and Linguistics of South Asia: A Comprehensive Guide. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 241-374 [301-302]. doi:10.1515/9783110423303-004.
5. Driem, George van (2008). "Endangered Languages of South Asia". In Matthias Brenzinger (ed.). Language Diversity Endangered. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 303-341 [322]. doi:10.1515/9783110905694-016.
6. "Meitei | Ethnologue". Ethnologue . Retrieved 2023-05-03.
7. Chelliah, Shobhana L. (2015). "Is Manipur a linguistic area?". Journal of South Asian Languages and Linguistics. 2 (1): 87-109 [90]. doi:10.1515/jsall-2015-0004.
8. Albrecht Klose, ed. (2001). ""K"". Sprachen der Welt: Ein weltweiter Index der Sprachfamilien, Einzelsprachen und Dialekte, mit Angabe der Synonyma und fremdsprachigen Äquivalente (in German). Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Saur. pp. 259-304 [281]. doi:10.1515/9783110967494.259.

Further reading

• Thokchom, Chandramani Singh (2008). The structural analysis of Thangal (Doctor of Philosophy). Manipur University. hdl:10603/105286.
• McDonough, Patricia (2022). Topics in Thangal Morphosyntax (Doctor of Philosophy). Bloomington: Indiana University, Department of Linguistics.