Khamyang

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A language of India

ISO 639-3
ksu
Alternate Names
Khamiyang, Khamjang, Shyam, Tai Khamyang, Tai Nora
User Population

50 (2003 S. Morey). Ethnic population: 800.

Location

Assam state: Tinsukia district, Pawaimukh village.

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Language Status

8a (Moribund).

Classification
Kra-Dai, Kam-Tai, Tai, Southwestern
Dialects

None known. Reportedly similar to Phake [phk] of Assam and Shan [shn] of Myanmar.

Language Use

Older adults only. Shifted to Assamese [asm].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: 58% in Assamese [asm] (1981 census).

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Khamyang
Other Comments

A Scheduled Tribe. Close affinity to the Khampti of Arunachal. Several thousand Assamese may use their ethnic group name. Buddhist.