Kachai-Padang language explained

Kaachai-Padāng
States:India
Region:Manipur
Ethnicity:Tangkhul Naga
Speakers:3,000 in Kachai village
Date:2003
Ref:[1]
Familycolor:Sino-Tibetan
Fam2:Tibeto-Burman
Fam3:Central Tibeto-Burman (?)
Fam4:Kuki-Chin–Naga
Fam5:Tangkhul–Maring
Fam6:Tangkhulic
Glotto:phad1238
Glottorefname:Phadang
Glottofoot:none

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Mortensen, David R. (2003). “Comparative Tangkhul.” Unpublished Qualifying Paper, UC Berkeley.