Naga, Kharam
A language of India
| Population | 1,400 (2000 SIL). |
| Region | Manipur, Senapati District, Phaijol, Laikot, Thuisenpai villages, Kharam Pallen village. |
| Alternate names | Duisalongmei, Thinglong |
| Dialects | Lexical similarity: 71%–73% with Purum [pub], 58%–60% with Kom [kmm], 64% with Koireng [nkd]. |
| Classification | Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Kuki-Chin-Naga, Kuki-Chin, Northern |
| Language use | All ages. Would not use materials written in Purum. Also use Meitei [mni] or Purum [pub]. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L2: 30% Meitei, English, Hindi. Most 5- to 20-year-olds have learned to read in school. Older people would like to learn to read. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
| Comments | Agriculturalists. Christian. |
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