Lamkang
Lamkang is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in India and Myanmar. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Lamkang is a Kuki-Chin language, belonging to the Northwestern or "Old Kuki" subfamily.
spoken by the Lamkang people of Manipur, India, with one village in Myanmar. It is very similar to Anal language, and has been influenced by Manipuri as the people have been acculturated.
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Words in Lamkang
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | mi* | |
| name | miN* | |
| eye | mik* | |
| ear | na* | |
| nose | nar* | |
| tooth | ha* | |
| tongue | atan* | |
| hand | khut* | |
| blood | hyi* | |
| bone | ru* | |
| knee | p3khup* | |
| breast | CuCu* | |
| water | di* | |
| fire | m3y* | |
| sun | kini* | |
| star | bursi* | |
| stone | mul* | |
| mountain | mulklin* | |
| tree | diN* | |
| leaf | 3rn3* | |
| night | yan* | |
| dog | uy* | |
| fish | Na* | |
| one | kh3t* | |
| two | kini* | |
| I | n3y* | |
| you | n3N* | |
| we | n3yn* | |
| drink | nek* | |
| see | sut* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Grammar
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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