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Not to be confused with the Maring language of New Guinea.
Maring
Maring written in Meitei script
RegionManipur
EthnicityMaring

Native speakers

26,000 (2011 census)[1]

Language family

Sino-Tibetan

Writing system

Meitei script
Language codes
ISO 639-3nng
Glottologmari1416
A Khoibu speaker recorded in India.

Maring and Uipo (exonym: Khoibu) are closely related Sino-Tibetan languages spoken by the Maring and Khoibu people in Manipur, India. Linguistically, they are closest to the Tangkhulic languages.

Maring is spoken in Laiching in the southeast of Chandel district, Manipur and the northern border mountainous region of Tengnoupal subdivision of that district (Ethnologue).

Phonology[edit]

Consonants[2]
Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Plosive p b t d tʃ dʒ k
Aspirated pʰ tʰ kʰ
Fricative f s h
Nasal m n ŋ
Approximant w l r j
Vowels[2]
Front Central Back
High i u
Mid e o
Low a

Additionally, the following diphthongs have been observed: /ei/, /ai/, /au/, /ui/, /oi/.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011". www.censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 2018-07-07.
  • ^ a b Namkung, Ju (1996). Matisoff, James A. (ed.). "Phonological Inventories of Tibeto-Burman Languages" (PDF). Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus Monograph Series (3). University of California, Berkeley.


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