Moran language

Moran
Native to	India
Region	Assam
Extinct	ca. 1900
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Brahmaputran Bodo–Koch Bodo–Garo Bodo Moran
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (`mis`)
Linguist list	`qg1`
Glottolog	None

Moran (Morān) is an extinct Sino-Tibetan language spoken in India related to Bodo. It was one of the indigenous languages of the Assam Valley, and the first people conquered by the invading Ahom. The name reportedly means 'forest dweller'. It was nearly extinct by 1900.^[1]

References

↑ PRT Gurdon, 1903, "The Morāns", Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, vol. 72, no. 1, p 36 ff

External links

Moran at Brahmaputra Studies Database

Sal (Brahmaputran) languages

Bodo–Koch

Bodo–Garo	Bodo Dimasa Tiwa Kokborok (Tripuri) Kachari Moran Garo Megam

Koch	Atong Koch Ruga Rabha

Deori	Deori

Konyak

Kachin–Luic

Dhimal

Dhimal
Toto

Unclassified

Chairel

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