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Volume 14:4 April 2014
ISSN 1930-2940

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Phonology of Rongmei

Pauthang Haokip

Abstract The paper presents a preliminary analysis of the phonology of Rongmei, a Tibeto- Burman language of Northeast India. Rongmei is reported to have at least three geographical dialects: Tamenglong dialect, Imphal dialect and Cachar dialect. The data for the present analysis is collected in and around Silchar town, the main trade centre for three districts of Cachar, Hilakandi and Karimganj districts of southern Assam. This paper discusses the segmental phonology of Rongmei, the syllable structure and the tones of Rongmei.

Keywords: Phonology, Rongmei, Zeme, Tibeto-Burman language

1. Introduction

The paper attempts to present the phonology of Rongmei (a.k.a Kabui or Kapwi by the Linguistic Survey of India, hereafter referred to as LSI in short) spoken in Barak Valley of Southern Assam (see map 1. below). Ever since the publication of LSI in (1903), Rongmei along with other Liangmai and Zemei has been treated as belonging to the Naga subgroup of the Tibeto-Burman family. But of late, Burling (2005) has strongly argued about the validity of the term ‘Naga’ forming a separate coherent subgroup within the Tibeto-Burman family and chooses to call them under different geographical names.

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Pauthang Haokip
Department of Linguistics
Assam University
Silchar: 788011
Assam
India
pauthanghaokip@yahoo.co.in
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