Megam language

Megam
Native to Bangladesh
Native speakers
 6,900 (2000)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 mef
Glottolog mega1243[2]

Megam is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Bangladesh. It is most closely related to Garo, but has been strongly influenced by Khasian languages, to the extent that it is only 7–9% lexically similar to with A’beng, the neighboring Garo dialect, but 60% similar to the Khasian language Lyngngam.

References

  1. ↑ Megam at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Megam". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
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