Anāl language
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Anāl, also known as Namfau after the two principal villages it is spoken in, is a Northern Kukish language, part of the Sino-Tibetan language family, spoken by the Anal people in India and a dwindling number in Burma. It had 13,900 speakers in India according to the 2001 census, and 50 in Burma in 2010.[1] The speakers of this language use Meitei language as their second language (L2) according to the Ethnologue.[2]
Anāl | |
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Native to | India and Myanmar |
Region | Southeast Manipur |
Ethnicity | Anāl Naga |
Native speakers | 14,000 (2001 census)[1] |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | anm |
qfs Langet | |
Glottolog | anal1239 |
ELP | Anal |
The Department of Language Planning and Implementation of the Government of Manipur offers a sum of ₹5,000 (equivalent to ₹8,500 or US$110 in 2023), to every individual who learns Anal language, under certain terms and conditions.[3]
Anal is also written in the Latin script,[4] with a literacy rate of about 74%.[1]
Langet may be a dialect, though its position within Kukish is uncertain (Shafer 1955:106).[needs update]