Moyon language
Tibeto-Burman language spoken in India
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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)
