| Monsang | |
|---|---|
| Siirti | |
| Native to | India |
| Region | Manipur |
| Ethnicity | Monsang people |
Native speakers | 2,000 (2015)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | nmh |
| Glottolog | mons1234 |
Monsang (Monsang, Monshang; autonym:Si:rti[1]) is aKuki-Chin language, belonging to theNorthwestern or "Old Kuki" subfamily,[2]spoken in the Northeast of India.The speakers of this language useMeitei language as theirsecond language (L2) according to theEthnologue.[3]
Monsang is spoken in Chandel subdivision,Chandel district,Manipur, in the 6 villages of Liwachangning, Changnhe, Liwa Khullen (Meeleen), Liwa Sarei, Japhou, and Monsang Pantha (Pentha Khuwpuw).[4]
Unlike the more conservative Kuki-Chin languages spoken to the south such as Mizo, Monsang has many innovative phonological and morphological features.[5]
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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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