Khoibu
Uipo
Khoibu is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in India, by about 1,800 people.
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Uipo (also known by the exonym Khoibu) is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken by the Khoibu people in Manipur, India. It is related to the Tangkhulic languages. There are just under 2,000 speakers centered around the village of Kangshim in Manipur, located to the southeast of Imphal.
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Words in Khoibu
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | n3pa* | |
| name | phal* | |
| eye | mit* | |
| ear | kh3na* | |
| nose | na* | |
| tooth | ha* | |
| tongue | m3lei* | |
| hand | b3nrei* | |
| blood | hi* | |
| bone | thruy3N* | |
| skin | im* | |
| knee | khuklu* | |
| breast | suN* | |
| liver | 3Ter* | |
| water | yuidiN* | |
| fire | mei* | |
| sun | k3ni* | |
| stone | th3luN* | |
| mountain | buN* | |
| tree | hiNruN* | |
| leaf | na* | |
| night | r3sa* | |
| dog | ui* | |
| fish | N3son* | |
| louse | rik* | |
| one | kh3r* | |
| two | kh3ni* | |
| I | Nei* | |
| you | n3N* | |
| we | Ni* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
- Maring NagaSino-Tibetan42% alike
- Senthang ChinSino-Tibetan34% alike
- MoyonSino-Tibetan34% alike
- Bualkhaw ChinSino-Tibetan33% alike
- TaraoSino-Tibetan31% alike
- Daai ChinSino-Tibetan31% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · khoi1251 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · nkb