Alternate Names: Khoirao, Khoirao Naga, Koirao, Kolya, Mayangkhang, Miyang-Khang, Ngari, Thangal, Thanggal, Tukaimi
Dialects: None known. Reportedly similar to Maram Naga ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 23,600 (2001). Ethnic population: 23,600.
Language Use: All ages. Also use English [eng], Meitei [mni].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 90% Meitei, English. Dictionary. NT: 2004.
Typology: Postpositions; genitives, relatives before noun head; articles, adjectives, numerals after noun head; question word initial; case marked by postpositional clitics; comparatives; CV, CVC, CVV, VC, V syllables; nontonal.
Writing System: Bengali, Latin
Nation of Origin: India
Other Comments: A Scheduled Tribe. Christian.