Chairel language

chandolpokpi
Native to	India
Region	Manipur
Era	attested 1859
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Sal Jingpho–Luish Luish chandolpokpi; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Linguist List	qg2
Glottolog	chai1254

Chairel is an extinct Luish language of Manipur, India. It is preserved only in a word list from 1859.[1] 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.[2]

James Matisoff (2013)[3] demonstrated that Chairel belongs to the Luish sub-branch of Sal.

References

McCulloch, W. (1859). Account of the Valley of Munnipore and of the Hill tribes with a comparative vocabulary of the Munnipore and other languages. Calcutta: Bengal Printing Company.
Benedict, Paul K. (1972). Sino-Tibetan: A Conspectus (PDF). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-521-08175-7.
Matisoff, James A. 2013. Re-examining the genetic position of Jingpho: putting flesh on the bones of the Jingpho/Luish relationship. Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area 36(2). 1–106.

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.

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[1] McCulloch, W. (1859). Account of the Valley of Munnipore and of the Hill tribes with a comparative vocabulary of the Munnipore and other languages. Calcutta: Bengal Printing Company.

[2] Benedict, Paul K. (1972). Sino-Tibetan: A Conspectus (PDF). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-521-08175-7.

[Matisoff2013-3] Matisoff, James A. 2013. Re-examining the genetic position of Jingpho: putting flesh on the bones of the Jingpho/Luish relationship. Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area 36(2). 1–106.