Khamyang | |
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Native to | India |
Region | Assam |
Ethnicity | 800 Khamyang people[1] |
Native speakers | 50 (2003)[1] |
Kra–Dai
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Burmese script | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Either:ksu – Khamyangnrr – Nora |
nrr | |
Glottolog | kham1291 |
ELP | Khamyang |
Khamyang is a critically endangered Tai language of India, spoken by the Khamyang people. Approximately fifty people speak the language; all reside in the village of Powaimukh, located seven miles downstream of Margherita in the Tinsukia district.[2] It is closely related to the other Tai languages in the Assam region: Aiton, Khamti, Phake, and Turung.