Lamkang
A language of India
| Population | 10,000 in India (1999 census). |
| Region | Southeast Manipur, Chandel District, 6 villages west of Chandel District east of Shuganu, 6 villages between Chalong and Mombi New, 18 villages between Palel, Chandel town, Palel and Sibong; Nagaland; Dimapur, Thamlakhuren. Also in Myanmar. |
| Alternate names | “Hiroi-Lamgang” , “Lamgang” , Lamkaang, Lamkang Naga |
| Dialects | Most similar to Anal Naga. |
| Classification | Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Kuki-Chin-Naga, Kuki-Chin, Northern |
| Language use | Vigorous, but each successive generation not as knowledgeable about their folksongs and folktales. All ages. Understand Meitei [mni]. A few also use Hindi or English. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L2: 40% Meitei: 10 to 40 year olds (2000 S. Towar). Only 2% can read Latin script. NT: 2002. |
| Writing system | Latin script. Myanmar (Burmese) script, used in Myanmar. |
| Comments | A Scheduled Tribe. SOV; postpositions; genitives before head nouns; adjectives and numerals after noun heads; noun prefixes mark person, number of possessor; VC, CV, CVC, CCCVC. Agriculturalists. Christian. |
Also spoken in:
Myanmar
| Language name | Lamkang |
| Region | Betukshangreng village, 20 kms. from the border with southeast Manipur, India. |
| Alternate names | “Hiroi-Lamgang” , “Lamgang” , Lamkaang, Lamkang Naga |
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