Maring | |
Imagescale: | 0.45 |
Region: | Manipur |
Ethnicity: | Maring |
Date: | 2011 census |
Ref: | [1] |
Familycolor: | Sino-Tibetan |
Fam2: | Tibeto-Burman |
Fam3: | Central Tibeto-Burman (?) |
Fam4: | Kuki-Chin–Naga |
Fam5: | Tangkhul–Maring |
Fam6: | Maringic |
Iso3: | nng |
Script: | Meitei script |
Glotto: | mari1416 |
Glottorefname: | Maring Naga |
Maring and Uipo (exonym: Khoibu) are closely related Sino-Tibetan languages spoken by the Maring and Khoibu people in Manipur, India. Linguistically, they are closest to the Tangkhulic languages.
Maring is spoken in Laiching in the southeast of Chandel district, Manipur and the northern border mountainous region of Tengnoupal subdivision of that district (Ethnologue).
Plosive | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
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pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||
Fricative | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||
Nasal | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||
Approximant | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ |
High | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
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Mid | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
Low | pronounced as /link/ |
Additionally, the following diphthongs have been observed: /ei/, /ai/, /au/, /ui/, /oi/.