Moyon language

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Moyon
Moyon Naga
"Moyon" written in Meitei script
Native toIndia
RegionNagaland, Manipur
EthnicityMoyon people
Native speakers
3,700 (2001)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3nmo
Glottologmoyo1238

Moyon is a Sino-Tibetan language of 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]

  1. ^ Moyon at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ "Meitei | Ethnologue". Ethnologue. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  4. ^ "'A guide to Moyon language' released". Imphal Free Press. Retrieved 20 November 2023.