Alternate Names: Tarao, Taraotrong, Tarau
Dialects: None known. Reportedly most similar to Chothe Naga ,, 70% intelligibility. Lexical similarity: less than 60% with any neighboring language; 43%–46% with Chothe Naga ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 870 (2000).
Language Use: Home, religion. All ages. Positive attitudes. Also use English [eng], Meitei [mni].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 75% Meitei, English. Literacy program in progress. Older people can read Meitei in Bengali script. Young people prefer Latin script. Most villages have primary and junior schools; attendance is irregular.
Typology: Postpositions; genitives, articles, adjectives, numerals, relatives before noun heads; maximum affixes 2; word order distinguishes subjects, objects, and indirect objects; noun affix marks case; verb affixes mark number; no passive; causatives and comparatives; CVC.
Nation of Origin: India
Other Comments: Not recognized as a separate Scheduled Tribe by the government due to its small size. Christian.