Moyon language

Moyon
Moyon
Native to	India
Region	Nagaland, Manipur
Ethnicity	Moyon people
Native speakers	(3,700 cited 2001)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman Kuki-Chin–Naga Kuki-Chin Northwestern Moyon; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	nmo
Glottolog	moyo1238

Moyon is a Kuki-Chin language, belonging to the Northwestern or "Old Kuki" subfamily, spoken by the Moyon people in Manipur, India and in Burma. The speakers of this language use Meitei language as their second language (L2) according to the Ethnologue.

A Quadrilingual Moyon-Manipuri-English-Nagamese book titled "A Guide Book to Moyon Language", was published by the Moyon Literature Society in 2023.

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)
↑ Thurgood, Graham (2016), "Sino-Tibetan: Genetic and Areal Subgroups", in Graham Thurgood; Randy J. LaPolla (eds.), The Sino-Tibetan Languages (2 ed.), Taylor & Francis, p. 22, ISBN 9781315399492
↑ DeLancey, Scott. 2015. "Morphological Evidence for a Central Branch of Trans-Himalayan (Sino-Tibetan)." Cahiers de linguistique - Asie oriental 44(2):122-149. December 2015. doi:10.1163/19606028-00442p02
↑ "Meitei | Ethnologue". Ethnologue. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
↑ "'A guide to Moyon language' released". Imphal Free Press. Retrieved 20 November 2023.

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[e18-1] Moyon at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] Thurgood, Graham (2016), "Sino-Tibetan: Genetic and Areal Subgroups", in Graham Thurgood; Randy J. LaPolla (eds.), The Sino-Tibetan Languages (2 ed.), Taylor & Francis, p. 22, ISBN 9781315399492

[3] DeLancey, Scott. 2015. "Morphological Evidence for a Central Branch of Trans-Himalayan (Sino-Tibetan)." Cahiers de linguistique - Asie oriental 44(2):122-149. December 2015. doi:10.1163/19606028-00442p02

[4] "Meitei | Ethnologue". Ethnologue. Retrieved 3 May 2023.

[5] "'A guide to Moyon language' released". Imphal Free Press. Retrieved 20 November 2023.