Kom language (India)
Not to be confused with Kom language (Cameroon).
| Kom | |
|---|---|
| Kom Rem | |
| Region | India |
| Ethnicity | Kom |
Native speakers | 15,000 (2001 census)[1] |
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Sino-Tibetan
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| Dialects |
Kom
Kolhreng
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
kmm |
| Glottolog |
komi1270[2] |
Kom is a Kukish language of India. Kohlreng is usually considered a dialect of Kom, but may be a distinct language. Speakers of Kom live in the hilly provinces of Northeastern India. The dialect of Manipur has at least partial mutual intelligibility with the other Kukish dialects of the area, including Thadou, Hmar, Vaiphei, Simte, Paite, and Gangte languages.[3] Aimol, Koireng and Chiru speakers also understand Kom.
Geographical distribution
Speakers of Kom are found in the northeastern Indian states of Manipur, Nagaland, Assam, and Tripura. The majority of the population lives in Manipur, concentrated in the districts of Churachandpur, Bishenpur and Senapati.
Phonology
Kom is a tonal language with three tones.
References
- ↑ Kom at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Kom (India)". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ Singh, Chungkham Yashawanta (1995). "The linguistic situation in Manipur" (PDF). Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area 18 (1): 129–134. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
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