Alternate Names: Gante
Dialects: None known. Related to Thado Chin ,. Differs little from Vaiphei ,, Paite ,, or Zou ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 14,500 (2001 census).
Language Use: Under pressure from Meitei [mni] (Van Driem 2007). Also use English [eng], Meitei [mni].
Language Development: Literacy high among young people and lower among older people. Magazines. Newspapers. Bible: 1991.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: India
Other Comments: A Scheduled Tribe. Christian.