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A Brief Phonological Outline of Kakching

Linda Wairokpam
Assam University, Silchar

Abstract

Manipuri, locally known as Meiteilon is one of the oldest and advanced Tibeto-Burman languages of the Northeast India (Grierson, 1903). Manipuri is the mother tongue of three major groups of people in Manipur, namely the Meiteis, the Panghals (Muslims) and the Lois and it is the only medium of communication among the 29 different tribes of Manipur. Therefore, it is considered as Lingua Franca of the region. Manipuri has four major dialects namely Andro, Phayeng, Sekmai and Kakching. All these dialects phonologically and lexically vary from the standard dialect of Manipuri spoken in Imphal valley. Kakching dialect of Manipuri is mainly spoken in Kakching district of Manipur. It is situated in the Southeastern part of Manipur and it is about 44 km from the capital of Manipur, Imphal and 70 km from the border areas of India and Myanmar. According to 2001 Census of India, Kakching had a population of 28,746. Kakching being a dialect of Manipuri exhibits some of common grammatical features of standard Manipuri, at the same time it has shown many grammatical features different from the standard Manipuri. Thus the present paper is a humble attempt to explore the brief phonological structures of the Kakching dialect of Manipuri, i.e., inventory of vowels, consonants, and tones, consonant clusters, and syllabic structures.

Keywords: Tibeto-Burman, Manipuri, Kakching, Phonology.

Introduction

Manipuri, locally known as Meiteilon is one of the oldest and advanced Tibeto-Burman languages of the Northeast India (Grierson, 1903). Manipuri is the mother tongue of three major groups of people in Manipur, namely, the Meiteis, the Panghals (Muslims) and the Lois and it is the only medium of communication among the 29 different tribes of Manipur. Hence, it is considered as Lingua Franca of the region. In 1992 Manipuri became the first Tibeto-Burman language to receive the recognition of the Eighth Schedule of Indian Constitution. Like many other Tibeto-Burman languages of Northeast India, Manipuri has four major dialects, namely, Andro, Phayeng, Sekmai and Kakching. All these dialects phonologically and lexically vary from the standard dialect of Manipuri spoken in Imphal valley. Kakching dialect of Manipuri is mainly spoken in Kakching district of Manipur. It is situated in the Southeastern part of Manipur and it is about 44 km from the capital of Manipur, Imphal and 70 km from the border areas of India and Myanmar. In terms of population and development, Kakching is the second biggest town in Manipur next to Imphal. However, it has the highest literacy rate in the state of Manipur. As of 2001 Census of India, Kakching had a population of 28,746.

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Linda Wairokpam
Assam University
Silchar 788011
Assam
India
lindawairokpam@gmail.com

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