Monsang language explained

Monsang
Nativename:	Siirti
States:	India
Region:	Manipur
Ethnicity:	Monsang people
Speakers:	2,000
Date:	2015
Ref:	^[1]
Familycolor:	Sino-Tibetan
Fam1:	Sino-Tibetan
Fam2:	Tibeto-Burman
Iso3:	nmh
Glotto:	mons1234
Glottorefname:	Monsang Naga

Monsang (Monsang, Monshang; autonym: Si:rti^[1]) is an unclassified Sino-Tibetan (possibly Sino-Tibetan) language spoken in the Northeast of India. Scott DeLancey, et al. (2015)^[1] classifies Monsang as a "Northwest Naga" language.The speakers of this language use Meitei language as their second language (L2) according to the Ethnologue.^[2]

Distribution

Monsang is spoken in Chandel subdivision, Chandel district, Manipur, in the 6 villages of Liwachangning, Changnhe, Liwa Khullen (Meeleen), Liwa Sarei, Japhou, and Monsang Pantha (Pentha Khuwpuw).^[3]

Phonology

Unlike the more conservative Kuki-Chin languages spoken to the south such as Mizo, Monsang has many innovative phonological and morphological features.^[4]

External links

• Link to ELAR documentation on Monsang grammar

Notes and References

1. DeLancey, Scott; Krishna Boro; Linda Konnerth1; Amos Teo. 2015. Tibeto-Burman Languages of the Indo-Myanmar borderland. 31st South Asian Languages Analysis Roundtable, 14 May 2015
2. Web site: Meitei Ethnologue . 2023-05-03 . . en.
3. Monsang, Sh. Francis; Veikho, Sahiinii Lemaina. 2018. Sound System of Monsang. Himalayan Linguistics, Vol. 17(2): 77–116.
4. Konnerth, Linda. 2018. The historical phonology of Monsang (Northwestern South-Central/“Kuki-Chin”): A case of reduction in phonological complexity. Himalayan Linguistics, Vol. 17(1): 19-49.