Sorbung

Language name and location: Sorbung India [No report on Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 索尔彭语, 印度

1. kʰáat	21.
2. kəniŋ	22.
3. ʔəntʰúum	23.
4. məlíi	24.
5. rəŋáa	25.
6. kərúuk	26.
7. səríi	27.
8. ʔərét	28.
9. ʔəkúa	29.
10. som	30. somtʰúum
11. som kʰáat	40.
12. som kəniŋ	50. soŋŋáa
13. som ʔəntʰúum	60.
14. som məlíi	70.
15. som rəŋáa	80.
16. som kərúuk	90.
17. som səríi	100. ʔə̀jáa kʰáat
18. som ʔərét	200.
19. som ʔəkúa	1000. lèeʃìŋ kʰáat
20. semníi	2000.

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. David Mortensen, Dept. of Linguistics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA, February 27, 2010.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. David Mortensen, 2010 年 2 月 27 日.

Other comments: Sorbung is a Tibeto-Burman language spoken by some members of the Tangkhul ethnicity in the southern part of Ukhrul District, Manipur Province, India. There is currently no published documentation on the language and it has no Ethnologue designation. The exact genetic affiliation with Tibeto-Burman is uncertain.

There are about 600 people living in Sorbung village. However, my consultants tell

me that a very similar language variety is spoken in several of the surrounding villages and that the area shows less linguistic diversity than most of the Tangkhul area. Sorbung has some very Kuki-Chin like characteristics, extending beyond the numeral system. While its speakers consider themselves to be ethnically Tangkhul, I think that--linguistically-- they are probably closer to Kuki-Chin (but perhaps not within the established Kuki-Chin subgroup).

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