Sorbung | |
Region: | Manipur |
Ethnicity: | Tangkhul Naga |
Speakers: | 300 |
Date: | 2011 |
Familycolor: | Sino-Tibetan |
Fam2: | Kuki-Chin? |
Iso3: | none |
Glotto: | sorb1250 |
Glottorefname: | Sorbung |
Sorbung is a recently discovered Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Manipur, northeastern India. Although the speakers are ethnically Tangkhul, it appears to be a non-Tangkhulic Kuki-Chin language, as it shows strong links with what was called 'Southern Tangkhul' in Brown (1837), which was also a non-Tangkhulic language spoke by ethnic Tangkhul.[1]
Sorbung is spoken by about 300 people of Sorbung village, Ukhrul District, Manipur, northeastern India. Sorbung speakers consider themselves to be ethnic Tangkhul. A language that is unambiguously Tangkhulic is spoken in nearby Tusom village. Kuki (Thadou) and Maring are also spoken in neighboring villages.