Tarao language

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Tarao
Tarao Naga
Taraotrong
Native to India
Region Manipur
Ethnicity Tarao people
Native speakers
(870 cited 2000) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 tro
Glottolog tara1313
ELP Tarao Naga
Lang Status 20-CR.svg
Torao is classified as Critically Endangered language by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger [3]

Tarao, Taraotrong or Tarau is a Kuki-Chin language, belonging to the Northwestern or "Old Kuki" subfamily. [2] It is marginally (70%) intelligible with Chothe. [4] [ verification needed ] The speakers of this language use Meitei language as their second language (L2) according to the Ethnologue. [4]

Locations

According to the Ethnologue , Tarao is spoken in Heikakpokpi, Leishokching, and Khuringmul Laiminei villages in the Palel area of Chandel district, Manipur, as well as in Sinakeithei village of Ukhrul district, Manipur.

Singh (2011:109) [5] lists the Tarao villages as Tarao Khullen (Tarao Laimanai), Leishok Ching, Khuringmul, and Heikamul in Chandel District, Manipur. There are also about 8 families in Shajkeithel, Ukhrul District. The 2001 census reported a population of 870 Tarao people. [6]

References

  1. ↑ Tarao at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. 1 2 Thurgood, Graham (2016), "Sino-Tibetan: Genetic and Areal Subgroups", in Graham Thurgood; Randy J. LaPolla (eds.), The Sino-Tibetan Languages (2 ed.), Taylor & Francis, p. 22, ISBN   9781315399492
  3. ↑ Moseley, Christopher; Nicolas, Alexander, eds. (2010). Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (PDF) (3rd ed.). Paris: UNESCO. pp. 43–47. ISBN   978-92-3-104096-2. Archived from the original on 23 July 2022.
  4. 1 2 "Meitei | Ethnologue". Ethnologue . Retrieved 2023-05-03.
  5. ↑ Singh, Ch. Yashawanta. 2011. "Linguistic Ecology of Tarao." In Singh, Shailendra Kumar (ed). Linguistic Ecology of Manipur. Guwahati: EBH Publishers.
  6. ↑ "Did you know Tarao Naga is endangered?". Endangered Languages. Retrieved 2023-05-12.


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