Open AccessCultural and linguistic affinities amongst Meitei-Sizang-Thadou
Author(s) -
Bobita Sarangthem,
Lhingneilam Lhouvum
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
nepalese linguistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0259-1006
DOI - 10.3126/nl.v34i1.41166
Subject(s) - agglutinative language , affinities , linguistics , feature (linguistics) , sociology , biology , philosophy , biochemistry , morpheme
This paper attempts to highlight the cultural and linguistic affinities amongst Meitei, Sizang and Thadou people. The data are collected from the field works in Imphal (Manipur, India), Tamu (Sagaing division of Myanmar) and Diphu (KarbiAnglong of Assam, India) for Meitei, Sizang, and Thadou respectively. Linguistically, Meitei, Sizang and Thadou share common Tibeto- Burman feature of SOV word order, agglutinative forms, sharing lexical cognates due to language contact. Culturally, these languages show some similarities; however, Thadou and Sizang are more similar. Nonetheless, languages have been a reflection of those cultural distinctions as well as their identities.