Lyngngam

LYG

vigorous

Alternate Names: Khasi, Lyngam, Lyngym

Dialects: None known. Lexical similarity: 36% with standard Khasi.

Genealogy:

Austro-Asiatic
Mon-Khmer
Northern Mon-Khmer
Khasian

Demographics: 5,000 in India (Singh 1994). Population total all countries: 6,000.

Language Use: Also use Assamese [asm], Garo [grt], Hindi [hin].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 10% (Singh 1994).

Nation of Origin: India

Other Comments: Previously listed as dialect of Khasi. Culturally intermediate between the Khasi and the Garo ,. Christian.