| Kom | |
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| Kom Rem | |
| Region | India |
| Ethnicity | Kom |
Native speakers | 15,108 (2011 census)[1] |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kmm |
| Glottolog | komi1270 |
| ELP | Kom |
Kom is aKuki-Chin language, belonging to theNorthwestern or "Old Kuki" subfamily,[2]spoken by theKom people ofIndia. Kohlreng is usually considered a dialect of Kom, but may be a distinct language. Speakers of Kom live in the hilly provinces of Manipur and Northeast states of India.[3]
Speakers of Kom language are found in the northeastern Indian states ofManipur Nagaland, Assam, and Tripura. (2011:81),[4] these 25 villages are listed as Teraphai , Nungkot Kom, Moirang Mantak, Laikot, Sinam Kom, Thayong Kom, Laikot Kom, Ichum Kom, Kom Keirap, Khoirentak, Sagang, Luikhumbi, Lallumbung, Mantak, Tuiringkhaison, Samulamlan, Chinglanmei, Bungsalane, Lananphai, Ngairong, Mungrushi, Sambangyan, Tonsen tampak, and Khulen.
some important Kom villages are located at :
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
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| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | c | k | |
| aspirated | pʰ | tʰ | kʰ | |||
| voiced | b | d | ||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||
| Fricative | v | s | h | |||
| Trill | r | |||||
| Approximant | lateral | l | ||||
| central | w | j | ||||
| Front | Central | Back | |
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| Close | i | u | |
| Mid | e | ə | o |
| Open | a |
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| WesternHimalayas (Himachal, Uttarakhand,Nepal,Sikkim) |
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| EasternHimalayas (Tibet,Bhutan,Arunachal) | |||||
| Myanmar and Indo- Burmese border |
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| East andSoutheast Asia |
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| Dubious (possible isolates,Arunachal) |
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Italics indicates single languages that are also considered to be separate branches. | |||||