Monsang language

Monsang
Monsang Naga
Native to	India
Region	Manipur
Ethnicity	Monsang Naga
Native speakers	3,200 (2001)^[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Kukish? Monsang
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`nmh`
Glottolog	`mons1234`^[2]

Monsang (Monsang Naga, Moshang) is an unclassified Sino-Tibetan (possibly Kukish) language of Northeast India.

Monsang is spoken in Chandel subdivision, Chandel district, Manipur (in Liwchangning, Heibunglok, Liwa Sarei, Japhou, and Monsang Pantha villages), as well as in northern Nagaland near the Myanmar border.

References

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

Kuki-Chin–Naga languages

Kukish (Kuki-Chin)

Northern	Falam Anaal (Naga) Hrangkhol Zo Biete Paite Tedim Thado Chiru Gangte Kom Purum (Naga) Simte Vaiphei Sizang Aimol–Saihriem? Lamkang? Chothe (Naga)? Kharam (Naga)? Moyon (Naga)? Ralte?

Central	Mizo Bawm Hmar Hakha Ngawn? Tawr? Pangkhua?

Maraic	Mara Zyphe Senthang Zotung Lautu

Southern	Shö Khumi Thaiphum Daai (Nitu) Mro Mün Nga La Welaung (Rawngtu) Kaang Laitu Rungtu Songlai Sumtu

Unclassified	Darlong Monsang (Naga) Tarao (Naga) Ranglong Sakachep Rengmitca

Karbi

Karbi
Amri

Meithei

Unclassified

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