Moyon language
| Moyon | |
|---|---|
| Moyon Naga | |
| Native to | India |
| Region | Nagaland, Manipur |
| Ethnicity | Moyon Naga |
Native speakers | 3,700 (2001)[1] |
Sino-Tibetan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | nmo |
| Glottolog | moyo1238 |
Moyon is a Naga language spoken by the Moyon Naga in Manipur, India and in Burma.
Classification[]
Scott DeLancey (2015)[3] classifies Moyon as a "Northwest Kuki-Chin" language.
Geographical distribution[]
Moyon is spoken in the following locations (Ethnologue).
- Chandel district, Manipur: 14 villages including Moyon Khullen, Khongjom, Mitong, Komlathabi, Penaching, and Heigru Tampak
- Nagaland (near the Myanmar border)
References[]
- ^ Moyon at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ DeLancey, Scott; Krishna Boro; Linda Konnerth1; Amos Teo. 2015. Tibeto-Burman Languages of the Indo-Myanmar borderland. 31st South Asian Languages Analysis Roundtable, 14 May 2015
- ^ DeLancey, Scott. 2015. "Morphological Evidence for a Central Branch of Trans-Himalayan (Sino-Tibetan)." Cahiers de linguistique - Asie oriental 44(2):122-149. December 2015. doi:10.1163/19606028-00442p02
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