Moyon language

Moyon
Moyon
Native to	India
Region	Nagaland, Manipur
Ethnicity	Moyon people
Native speakers	3,700 (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,^[2]^[3] 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.^[4]

A Quadrilingual Moyon-Manipuri-English-Nagamese book titled "A Guide Book to Moyon Language", was published by the Moyon Literature Society in 2023.^[5]

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.

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