Kharam Naga
Kharam Naga is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in India.
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Kharam is a Kuki-Chin language, belonging to the Northwestern or "Old Kuki" subfamily.
According Ethnologue, Kharam shares a high degree of mutual intelligibility with Purum.
The speakers of this language use Meitei language as their second language (L2) according to the Ethnologue.
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Words in Kharam Naga
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | mi* | |
| name | r3miN* | |
| eye | mit* | |
| ear | nakho* | |
| nose | nar* | |
| tooth | ha* | |
| tongue | m3lai* | |
| hand | kut* | |
| blood | thi* | |
| bone | ru7* | |
| skin | vun* | |
| knee | rukhup* | |
| water | tui* | |
| fire | mei* | |
| sun | ni* | |
| star | arSi* | |
| stone | luNhaN* | |
| mountain | tlaN* | |
| tree | theiN* | |
| leaf | na7* | |
| night | jiNlai* | |
| dog | ui* | |
| fish | Na* | |
| one | khaka* | |
| two | pnika* | |
| I | k3i* | |
| you | naN* | |
| we | k3ini* | |
| drink | h3in* | |
| see | amu* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
- Bawm ChinSino-Tibetan60% alike
- Bualkhaw ChinSino-Tibetan60% alike
- Falam ChinSino-Tibetan59% alike
- RalteSino-Tibetan59% alike
- VaipheiSino-Tibetan58% alike
- MizoSino-Tibetan56% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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