Moyon
Moyon is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in India. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Moyon is a Kuki-Chin language, belonging to the Northwestern or "Old Kuki" subfamily,
spoken by the Moyon people in Manipur, India and in Burma.
The speakers of this language use Meitei language as their second language (L2) according to the Ethnologue.
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Words in Moyon
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | p3s3rpa* | |
| name | rumiN* | |
| eye | mik* | |
| ear | na* | |
| nose | nar* | |
| tooth | ha* | |
| hand | kik* | |
| bone | ro* | |
| skin | win* | |
| breast | ni* | |
| water | C3* | |
| fire | mi* | |
| stone | luN* | |
| mountain | buN* | |
| tree | thiN* | |
| leaf | na* | |
| night | khuri* | |
| dog | uti* | |
| fish | Na* | |
| louse | rik* | |
| one | khe* | |
| two | n3* | |
| I | ki* | |
| you | n3N* | |
| we | inno* | |
| drink | in* | |
| see | mu* | |
| hear | s3* | |
| die | thi7* | |
| come | theN* |
* 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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