Monsang language
Sino-Tibetan language spoken in India
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Monsang (Monsang, Monshang; autonym: Si:rti[1]) is a Kuki-Chin language, belonging to the Northwestern or "Old Kuki" subfamily,[2] spoken in the Northeast of India. The speakers of this language use Meitei language as their second language (L2) according to the Ethnologue.[3]
Distribution
Monsang is spoken in Chandel subdivision, Chandel district, Manipur, in the 6 villages of Liwachangning, Changnhe, Liwa Khullen (Meeleen), Liwa Sarei, Japhou, and Monsang Pantha (Pentha Khuwpuw).[4]
Phonology
Unlike the more conservative Kuki-Chin languages spoken to the south such as Mizo, Monsang has many innovative phonological and morphological features.[5]
