Maringic languages explained

Maringic
Region:Manipur, India
Familycolor:Sino-Tibetan
Fam2:Tibeto-Burman
Fam3:Central Tibeto-Burman (?)
Fam4:Kuki-Chin–Naga
Fam5:Tangkhul–Maring (?)
Child1:Maring
Child2:Uipo
Glotto:mari1415
Glottorefname:Maringic

The Maringic languages is a small group of Sino-Tibetan languages consisting of Maring and Uipo (exonym: Khoibu), two closely related languages spoken by the Maring and Khoibu people in Manipur, India. Linguistically, they may be closest to the Tangkhulic languages.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Situating Uipo: evidence from stem alternations . Schumann . Freya . 2024 . Taipei . SEALS 33 (33rd Annual Meeting of the Southeast Asian Linguistic Society).