Tarao language

Tarao
Tarao Naga
Taraotrong
Native to India
Region Manipur
Ethnicity Tarao Naga
Native speakers
870 (2000)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 tro
Glottolog tara1313[2]

Tarao (Tarao Naga), or Taraotrong, is an unclassified Tibeto-Burman (possibly Kukish) language of Burma. It is marginally (70%) intelligible with Chothe.

Locations

According to the Ethnologue, Tarao is spoken in Heikakpokpi, Leishokching, and Khuringmul Laiminei villages in the Palel area of Chandel district, Manipur, as well as in Sinakeithei village of Ukhrul district, Manipur.

Singh (2011:109)[3] lists the Tarao villages as Tarao Khullen (Tarao Laimanai), Leishok Ching, Khuringmul, and Heikamul in Chandel District, Manipur. There are also about 8 families in Shajkeithel, Ukhrul District. The 2001 census reported a population of 870 Tarao people.


References

  1. Tarao at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Tarao Naga". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. Singh, Ch. Yashawanta. 2011. "Linguistic Ecology of Tarao." In Singh, Shailendra Kumar (ed). Linguistic Ecology of Manipur. Guwahati: EBH Publishers.


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