Maring language (India) explained

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).

Phonology

Consonants[2] !!Labial!Alveolar!Palatal!Velar!Glottal
Plosivepronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/
pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Fricativepronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Nasalpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Approximantpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Vowels!!Front!Central!Back
Highpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Midpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Lowpronounced as /link/

Additionally, the following diphthongs have been observed: /ei/, /ai/, /au/, /ui/, /oi/.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. www.censusindia.gov.in. 2018-07-07.
  2. Namkung . Ju . 1996 . Matisoff . James A. . Phonological Inventories of Tibeto-Burman Languages . Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus Monograph Series . 3 . University of California, Berkeley.