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Khamyang language information


Khamyang
Native toIndia
RegionAssam
Ethnicity800 Khamyang people[1]
Native speakers
50 (2003)[1]
Language family
Kra–Dai
  • Tai
    • Southwestern
      • Northwestern
        • Khamyang
Writing system
Burmese script
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
ksu – Khamyang
nrr – Nora
Linguist List
nrr
Glottologkham1291
ELPKhamyang

Khamyang is a critically endangered Tai language of India, spoken by the Khamyang people. Approximately fifty people speak the language; all reside in the village of Powaimukh, located seven miles downstream of Margherita in the Tinsukia district.[2] It is closely related to the other Tai languages in the Assam region: Aiton, Khamti, Phake, and Turung.

  1. ^ a b Khamyang at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
    Nora at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Morey, Stephen. 2005: The Tai Languages of Assam: A Grammar and Texts, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.

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