Suansu language explained

Suansu
States:	India
Region:	Manipur
Ethnicity:	Tangkhul Naga
Speakers:	2000
Date:	2023
Familycolor:	Sino-Tibetan
Fam2:	Tibeto-Burman
Fam3:	Central Tibeto-Burman (?)
Fam4:	Kuki-Chin–Naga
Fam5:	Tangkhulic (?)
Iso3:	none
Glotto:	suan1234
Glottorefname:	Suansu

Suansu is a Sino-Tibetan language of Manipur, India, first reported in 2019.^[1] It is spoken by approximately 2,000 people in several villages of Ukhrul District, Manipur.^{[2] [3]}

Classification

The classification of Suansu within the Kuki-Chin–Naga languages is uncertain. It may be a Tangkhulic language.

Resources

• Lexibank data (GitHub)
• Lexibank data (Zenodo)

Notes and References

1. Ivani, Jessica Katiuscia. 2019. A first overview of Suansu, a Tibeto-Burman language from Northeastern India. Paper presented at the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society [SEALS] 29, 27-29 May 2019, Tokyo, Japan.
2. HANSEN, Grégoire & IVANI, Jessica K. 2023. Reciprocals constructions in Suansu: a first assessment. 26th Himalayan Languages Symposium, 4-6 September 2023. Paris: INALCO.
3. Ivani, J. K. 2023. Suansu language from northeastern India: A field report. Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area 46(1).