Moyon language
| Moyon | |
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| Moyon Naga | |
 "Moyon" written in Meitei script | |
| Native to | India |
| Region | Nagaland, Manipur |
| Ethnicity | Moyon people |
Native speakers | 3,700 (2001)[1] |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | nmo |
| Glottolog | moyo1238 |
Moyon is a
Southern Naga linguistic sub branch. It is spoken by the Moyon peoples in Manipur
, India and in Burma.
The speakers of this language use Meitei language as their second language (L2) according to the Ethnologue.[3]
A Quadrilingual Moyon-Manipuri-English-Nagamese book titled "A Guide Book to Moyon Language", was published by the Moyon Literature Society in 2023.[4]
Classification
Kuki-Chin
" language.
Geographical distribution
Moyon is spoken in the following locations (Ethnologue).
- Chandel district, Manipur: 14 villages including Moyon Khullen, Khongjom, Mitong, Komlathabi, Penaching, and Heigru Tampak
- Nagaland (near the Myanmar border)
References
- ^ Moyon at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ DeLancey, Scott; Krishna Boro; Linda Konnerth1; Amos Teo. 2015. Tibeto-Burman Languages of the Indo-Myanmar borderland. 31st South Asian Languages Analysis Roundtable, 14 May 2015
- ^ "Meitei | Ethnologue". Ethnologue. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
- ^ "'A guide to Moyon language' released". Imphal Free Press. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
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