Naga, Kharam

KFW

vigorous

Alternate Names: Duisalongmei, Thinglong

Dialects: None known. Lexical similarity: 71%–73% with Purum ,, 58%–60% with Kom ,, 64% with Koireng ,.

Genealogy:

Sino-Tibetan
Tibeto-Burman
Sal
Kuki-Chin-Naga
Kuki-Chin
Northern

Demographics: 1,400 (2000 SIL).

Language Use: All ages. Also use English [eng], Meitei [mni], Purum [pub].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 30% Meitei, English, Hindi. Most 5- to 20-year-olds have learned to read in school. Older people would like to learn to read.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: India

Other Comments: Christian.