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Volume 15:1 January 2015
ISSN 1930-2940

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Numerals in Hrangkhawl

Surath Debbarma, Ph.D. Scholar

Abstract

According to Sir G.A. Grierson, 1903, Linguistic Survey of India, Vol-lll, Part-lll, Pages 181-187, “Rangkhol are found in Hill Tippera and North-Cachar”. The figures are in Hill Tippera 4500 and North Cachar 2400. According to his survey report Hrangkhawl belongs to the Kuki-Chin sub-group of the Tibeto-Burman family. In India Hrangkhawl speakers are found in Tripura, Mizoram, Assam and Manipur. However, the present study will concentrate on the Hrangkhawls of Tripura only. The main objective of the present study is to highlight and analyse the numerals in Hrangkhawl language.

Key words: Hrangkhawl, Kuki-Chin, Tibeto-Burman, numerals

IntroductionHrangkhawl belongs to the Kuki-Chin sub-group of Tibeto-Burman family falling under the Sino-Tibetan language family. In Tripura it is mainly spoken in Teliamura, Ambassa and Siphaijala sub-division. The Hrangkhawl is a sub-tribe of Halam, which is one of the Scheduled Tribes in Tripura. It is difficult to trace the historical origin of the Hrangkhawl at present, because there is no literature written on them. According to the present random survey report, the total number of Hrangkhawl speakers in Tripura is estimated about seven thousand. Like many other tribal languages of North-Eastern states do Hrangkhawl also does not have its own indigenous script. Hrangkhawl shows close affinity with many other Tibeto-Burman languages like Hmar, Darlong, Kaipeng, Molsom, Ranglong, Korbong, etc.

Data and Methodology

The data is collected from two main sources: Primary and Secondary. The primary data was collected through observation and through the use of a questionnaire to elicit information from several informants of the language. The data was recorded with the help of a tape recorder and was transcribed phonetically. The data was cross-checked with the other speakers of Hrangkhawl, varying in age, sex, etc. The Teliamura and Shipahijala sub-divissions of Tripura were visited for the collection of Primary data. The secondary data was collected from the written materials like books, journals and articles through library work.

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Surath Debbarma, Ph.D. Scholar
Department of Linguistics
Rabindranath Tagore School of Languages and Cultural Studies
Assam University
Silchar 788011
Assam
India
debbarmasurath@gmail.com

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