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Khamyang

Khamyang is a Tai-Kadai language spoken in India. Glottolog rates it nearly extinct.

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Khamyang · 26.9°N 94.0°E

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. It is closely related to the other Tai languages in the Assam region: Aiton, Khamti, Phake, and Turung.

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Words in Khamyang

MeaningWordRomanization
nameChu*
eyeban*
earphai*
nosephibun*
toothnau*
tonguema*
handpaliugpeya*
dogmatolung*
oneluN*
twosuN*
Ikau*
youmau*
wehau*
dietai*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

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