Alternate Names: “Hiroi-Lamgang” (pej.), “Lamgang” (pej.), Lamkaang, Lamkang Naga
Dialects: None known. Reportedly most similar to Anal Naga ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 10,000 (1999 census).
Language Use: Vigorous, but each successive generation not as knowledgeable about their folksongs and folktales. All ages. Understand Meitei [mni]. Also use English [eng], Hindi [hin].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 40% Meitei: 10 to 40 year olds (2000 S. Towar). Only 2% can read Latin script. NT: 2002.
Typology: SOV; postpositions; genitives before head nouns; adjectives and numerals after noun heads; noun prefixes mark person, number of possessor; VC, CV, CVC, CCCVC.
Writing System: Latin, Myanmar (Burmese)
Nation of Origin: India
Other Comments: A Scheduled Tribe. Christian.