Khamyang language

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Khamyang
Nora
Native to India
Region Assam
Ethnicity Khamyang people
Native speakers
 50  (2003)[1]
Tai–Kadai
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Either:
ksu – Khamyang
nrr – Nora

Khamyang, or Nora (Norra),[2] is a moribund Tai language spoken in the Buri Dihing Valley of Assam, India.

There are currently only about fifty Khamyang speakers left, living in a single village.[3] The village is known as Pawaimukh in Khamti, and is located seven miles downstream of Margherita in Tinsukia district. The autonym is maan3 paa1 waai6, which means 'Village of the Pawai River.

References

  1. ↑ Khamyang reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
    Nora reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
  2. ↑
  3. ↑ Morey, Stephen. 2005/2012. The Tai languages of Assam: a grammar and texts. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
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