Social:Chairel language

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chandolpokpi
Native toIndia
RegionManipur
Eraattested 1859
Sino-Tibetan
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
qg2
Glottologchai1254[1]

Chairel is an extinct Luish language of Manipur, India. It is preserved only in a word list from 1859.[2] Chairel speakers have since shifted to Meithei.

Classification

From the words for "sun" (sal) and "fire" (phal), it is clear that it is a Sal (Brahmaputran) language.[3]

James Matisoff (2013)[4] demonstrated that Chairel belongs to the Luish sub-branch of Sal.

References

  • Huziwara, Keisuke 藤原敬介 (2014). "A new look at the classification of the Chairel language チャイレル語の系統再考." Proceedings of The Linguistic Society of Japan 日本言語学会第148 回大会予稿集, 148:272-277.