Inpui Naga
Inpui Naga is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in India.
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Inpui or Puiron is a Naga language spoken in different villages of Senapati district, Tamenglong district, Noney District, and Imphal district in Manipur, and in some areas in Nagaland, India. Speakers of Inpui and Rongmei are subsumed under single ethnic group Kabui. But the two major ethnic groups have different languages and identity. Even though they are considered to be cognate ethnic group.
The speakers of this language use Meitei language as their second language (L2) according to the Ethnologue.
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Words in Inpui Naga
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | m3n* | |
| name | m3N* | |
| eye | mik* | |
| ear | k3n3* | |
| nose | n3ptw3N* | |
| tooth | Na* | |
| tongue | b3l3y* | |
| hand | kut* | |
| blood | thi* | |
| bone | ru* | |
| skin | mun* | |
| knee | khetok* | |
| breast | k3nu* | |
| water | tui* | |
| fire | mei* | |
| sun | lumik* | |
| star | insi* | |
| stone | luN* | |
| mountain | TiN* | |
| tree | thiN* | |
| night | ziNpha* | |
| dog | ui* | |
| fish | Na* | |
| one | kh3t* | |
| two | k3ni* | |
| I | 3y* | |
| you | n3N* | |
| we | 3rw3y* | |
| drink | i* | |
| see | phaNmu* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
- HmarSino-Tibetan49% alike
- Daai ChinSino-Tibetan46% alike
- VaipheiSino-Tibetan45% alike
- Falam ChinSino-Tibetan44% alike
- Kharam NagaSino-Tibetan43% alike
- Bualkhaw ChinSino-Tibetan41% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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