Alternate Names: Duisalongmei, Thinglong
Dialects: None known. Lexical similarity: 71%–73% with Purum ,, 58%–60% with Kom ,, 64% with Koireng ,.
Genealogy:
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.