Monsang | |
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Siirti | |
![]() Monsang written in Meitei script | |
Native to | India |
Region | Manipur |
Ethnicity | Monsang people |
Native speakers | 2,000 (2015) |
Sino-Tibetan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | nmh |
Glottolog | mons1234 |
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.
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).
Unlike the more conservative Kuki-Chin languages spoken to the south such as Mizo, Monsang has many innovative phonological and morphological features.