| Tangkhul | |
| Nativename: | Luhupa |
| States: | India |
| Region: | Manipur, Nagaland |
| Ethnicity: | Tangkhul people |
| Date: | 2001 |
| Ref: | e18 |
| Familycolor: | Sino-Tibetan |
| Fam2: | Tibeto-Burman |
| Fam3: | Central Tibeto-Burman (?) |
| Fam4: | Kuki-Chin–Naga |
| Fam5: | Tangkhul–Maring |
| Fam6: | Tangkhulic |
| Dia1: | Ukhrul |
| Dia2: | Kupome (Luhupa) |
| Dia3: | Phadang |
| Iso3: | nmf |
| Glotto: | tang1336 |
| Glottorefname: | East-Central Tangkhul Naga |
| Script: |
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Tangkhul is a Sino-Tibetan language of the Tangkhulic branch, spoken in different villages of Ukhrul district, Manipur, India. The term "Tangkhul" is derived from the Meitei language terms, (Manipuri: ꯇꯥꯡ,) and (Manipuri: ꯈꯨꯜ,).[1] According to another theory, the term "Tangkhul" is derived from "Thankhul", meaning "Than village" in Meitei language.[2] [3] [4]
Tangkhul became a written language for the first time in the year 1897, when William Pettigrew compiled "Tangkhul Primer and Catechism", during his Christian missionary activities.[5]
The Department of Language Planning and Implementation of the Government of Manipur offers a sum of, to every individual who learns Tangkhul language, under certain terms and conditions.[6]
Tangkhul shares 93%–94% lexical similarity with the Somra variety of Tangkhul, 31% with Tangkhul Naga spoken in India, 51%–52% with Akyaung Ari Naga, and 29%–32% with Koki Naga.[7]
| Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental/ Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | voiceless | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||
| aspirated | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||||
| Affricate | pronounced as /link/ | |||||||
| Fricative | voiceless | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||
| nasalized | pronounced as /link/ | |||||||
| voiced | pronounced as /link/ | |||||||
| Nasal | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||||
| Rhotic | pronounced as /link/ | |||||||
| Lateral | pronounced as /link/ | |||||||
| Approximant | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||||
| Front | Central | Back | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Mid | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Open | pronounced as /link/ |