| Tarao | |
|---|---|
| Tarao Naga | |
| Taraotrong | |
 "Tarao" written in Meitei script | |
| Native to | India |
| Region | Manipur |
| Ethnicity | Tarao people |
Native speakers | 870 (2000)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | tro |
| Glottolog | tara1313 |
| ELP | Tarao Naga |
 Torao is classified as Critically Endangered language by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger[3] | |
Tarao, Taraotrong or Tarau is an unclassified Tibeto-Burman (possibly Southern Naga) language of India. It is marginally (70%) intelligible with Chothe.[4][verification needed] The speakers of this language use Meitei language as their second language (L2) according to the Ethnologue.[4]
- ^ Tarao 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
- ^ Moseley, Christopher; Nicolas, Alexander, eds. (2010). Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (PDF) (3rd ed.). Paris: UNESCO. pp. 43–47. ISBN 978-92-3-104096-2. Archived from the original on 23 July 2022.
- ^ a b "Meitei | Ethnologue". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2023-05-03.