Kachai-padang Language

Kaachai-Padāng
Kaachai-Padāng
Native to	India
Region	Manipur
Ethnicity	Tangkhul Naga
Native speakers	3,000 in Kachai village (2003)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman Central Tibeto-Burman (?) Kuki-Chin–Naga Tangkhul–Maring Tangkhulic Kaachai-Padāng; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	phad1238

The language of the neighboring villages of Kaachai and Padāng in Manipur, India, constitute a Tangkhulic language. It is spoken by about 3,000 people in Kachai village, west-central Ukhrul District. Phadāng is only attested from 1859.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Mortensen, David R. (2003). “ Comparative Tangkhul.” Unpublished Qualifying Paper, UC Berkeley.

Mortensen, David R. and James A. Miller (2013). “ A reconstruction of Proto-Tangkhulic rhymes.” Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area 36(1): 1-32.
Mortensen, David R. (2012). Database of Tangkhulic Languages. (unpublished ms. contributed to STEDT).
Mortensen, David R. and James A. Miller (2009). “ Proto-Tangkhul Onsets in Comparative Perspective.” International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics 42, Chiangmai, November 4.
Mortensen, David R. (2003). “ Comparative Tangkhul.” Unpublished Qualifying Paper, UC Berkeley.
Mortensen, David. 2014. The Tangkhulic Tongues - How I Started Working on Endangered Languages.

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[Mortensen2003-1] Mortensen, David R. (2003). “ Comparative Tangkhul.” Unpublished Qualifying Paper, UC Berkeley.

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