Alternate Names: Puram, Purum Naga
Dialects: None known. 95% intelligibility of Kharam Naga ,. Lexical similarity: 60%–65% with Kom ,, 60%–66% with Koireng ,, 57%–60% with Aimol ,, 71%–73% with Kharam Naga ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 500 (2001 census).
Language Use: Vigorous. Home, village. All ages. Positive attitudes. Use Meitei [mni] with Thangkul Naga [nmf], Thado Chin [tcz], or Kom [kmm] speakers. Used as L2 by Kharam Naga [kfw].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 30%–40% (2000).
Typology: SOV; postpositions; numerals, adjectives, articles after noun head; question word between subject and object; word order distinguishes subject, object, indirect object; V, CV, CVC, CVV; nontonal.
Nation of Origin: India
Other Comments: Scheduled Tribe. Christian.