Monsang language
{{short description|Unclassified Sino-Tibetan (possibly Sino-Tibetan) language of Northeast India}}
{{Contains special characters|Meitei}}
{{Infobox language
| name = Monsang
| nativename = Siirti
| image = "Monsang" written in Meitei script.jpg
| imagecaption = Monsang written in Meitei script
| states = India
| region = Manipur
| ethnicity = Monsang people
| speakers = 2,000
| date = 2015
| familycolor = Sino-Tibetan
| fam1 = Sino-Tibetan
| fam2 = Tibeto-Burman
| iso3 = nmh
| glotto = mons1234
| glottorefname = Monsang Naga
}}
Monsang (Monsang, Monshang; autonym: Si:rti) is an unclassified Sino-Tibetan (possibly Sino-Tibetan) language spoken in the Northeast of India. Scott DeLancey, et al. (2015) classifies Monsang as a "Northwest Naga" language.
The speakers of this language use Meitei language as their second language (L2) according to the Ethnologue.{{Cite web |title=Meitei {{!}} Ethnologue |url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/mni/ |access-date=2023-05-03 |website=Ethnologue |language=en}}
Distribution
Monsang is spoken in Chandel subdivision, Chandel district, Manipur, in the 6 villages of Liwachangning, Changnhe, Liwa Khullen (Meeleen), Liwa Sarei, Japhou, and Monsang Pantha (Pentha Khuwpuw).Monsang, Sh. Francis; Veikho, Sahiinii Lemaina. 2018. [https://escholarship.org/uc/item/14s5p12g Sound System of Monsang]. Himalayan Linguistics, Vol. 17(2): 77–116. {{doi|10.5070/H917237811}}
Phonology
Unlike the more conservative Kuki-Chin languages spoken to the south such as Mizo, Monsang has many innovative phonological and morphological features.Konnerth, Linda. 2018. [https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2jf5853n The historical phonology of Monsang (Northwestern South-Central/“Kuki-Chin”): A case of reduction in phonological complexity]. Himalayan Linguistics, Vol. 17(1): 19-49.
References
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External links
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- [https://elar.soas.ac.uk/Collection/MPI852858 Link to ELAR documentation on Monsang grammar]
{{Sino-Tibetan languages}}
{{Kuki-Chin–Naga languages}}
{{Languages of Northeast India}}
Category:Southern Naga languages
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