Purum language

Purum
Kharam
Native to India
Region Manipur
Ethnicity Purum people, Kharam people
Native speakers
1,900 (2000 – 2001 census)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Either:
kfw  Kharam Naga
pub  Purum Naga
Glottolog puru1266  (Purum)[2]
puru1262  (bookkeeping, with bibliography)[3]
khar1288  (Kharam Naga)[4]

Purum and Kharam (Purum and Kharam Naga) constitute a Kukish language of India.

Geographical distribution

Purum is spoken in Phaijol, Laikot, Thuisenpai, and Kharam Pallen villages of Senapati district, Manipur (Ethnologue).

Kharam Naga is spoken in the following locations of Manipur (Ethnologue).

References

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


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