Tusom language explained

Tusom
States:	India
Region:	Manipur
Ethnicity:	Tangkhul Naga
Familycolor:	Sino-Tibetan
Fam2:	Tibeto-Burman
Fam3:	Central Tibeto-Burman (?)
Fam4:	Kuki-Chin–Naga
Fam5:	Tangkhul–Maring
Fam6:	Tangkhulic
Dia1:	East Tusom

Tusom is a Tangkhulic language of Manipur, India. Dialects include East Tusom (Mortensen 2013). Tusom was first mentioned in the literature by David Mortensen in the 2000s.^[1]

Sources

• Mortensen, David R. and James A. Miller (2013). “A reconstruction of Proto-Tangkhulic rhymes.” Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area 36(1): 1-32.
• Mortensen, David R. (2012). Database of Tangkhulic Languages. (unpublished ms. contributed to STEDT).
• Mortensen, David R. and James A. Miller (2009). “Proto-Tangkhul Onsets in Comparative Perspective.” International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics 42, Chiangmai, November 4.
• Mortensen, David R. (2003). “Comparative Tangkhul.” Unpublished Qualifying Paper, UC Berkeley.
• Mortensen, David. 2014. The Tangkhulic Tongues - How I Started Working on Endangered Languages.

Notes and References

1. Mortensen, David. 2014. The Tangkhulic Tongues - How I Started Working on Endangered Languages.