Monsang (Monsang, Monshang; autonym: Si:rti) is a Kuki-Chin language, belonging to the Northwestern or "Old Kuki" subfamily, spoken in the Northeast of India. The speakers of this language use Meitei language as their second language (L2) according to the Ethnologue.
Distribution Monsang is spoken in Chandel subdivision, Chandel district, Manipur, in the 6 villages of Liwachangning, Changnhe, Liwa Khullen (Meeleen), Liwa Sarei, Japhou, and Monsang Pantha (Pentha Khuwpuw).Monsang, Sh. Francis; Veikho, Sahiinii Lemaina. 2018. Sound System of Monsang. Himalayan Linguistics, Vol. 17(2): 77–116.
Phonology Unlike the more conservative Kuki-Chin languages spoken to the south such as Mizo, Monsang has many innovative phonological and morphological features.Konnerth, Linda. 2018. The historical phonology of Monsang (Northwestern South-Central/“Kuki-Chin”): A case of reduction in phonological complexity. Himalayan Linguistics, Vol. 17(1): 19-49.
References
External links
Link to ELAR documentation on Monsang grammar