Tarao language

Tarao
	Tarao Naga
	Taraotrong
Native to	India
Region	Manipur
Ethnicity	Tarao Naga
Native speakers	870 (2000)[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Kuki-Chin Northwestern[2] Tarao; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	tro
Glottolog	tara1313
ELP	Tarao Naga[3]

Tarao (Tarao Naga), or Taraotrong, is an unclassified Tibeto-Burman (possibly Kuki-Chin) language of Burma. It is marginally (70%) intelligible with Chothe.

Locations

According to the Ethnologue, Tarao is spoken in Heikakpokpi, Leishokching, and Khuringmul Laiminei villages in the Palel area of Chandel district, Manipur, as well as in Sinakeithei village of Ukhrul district, Manipur.

Singh (2011:109)[4] lists the Tarao villages as Tarao Khullen (Tarao Laimanai), Leishok Ching, Khuringmul, and Heikamul in Chandel District, Manipur. There are also about 8 families in Shajkeithel, Ukhrul District. The 2001 census reported a population of 870 Tarao people.

References

Tarao at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
DeLancey, Scott; Krishna Boro; Linda Konnerth1; Amos Teo. 2015. Tibeto-Burman Languages of the Indo-Myanmar borderland. 31st South Asian Languages Analysis Roundtable, 14 May 2015
Endangered Languages Project data for Tarao Naga.
Singh, Ch. Yashawanta. 2011. "Linguistic Ecology of Tarao." In Singh, Shailendra Kumar (ed). Linguistic Ecology of Manipur. Guwahati: EBH Publishers.

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[e18-1] Tarao at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

[DeLancey2015-2] DeLancey, Scott; Krishna Boro; Linda Konnerth1; Amos Teo. 2015. Tibeto-Burman Languages of the Indo-Myanmar borderland. 31st South Asian Languages Analysis Roundtable, 14 May 2015

[ELP1-3] Endangered Languages Project data for Tarao Naga.

[4] Singh, Ch. Yashawanta. 2011. "Linguistic Ecology of Tarao." In Singh, Shailendra Kumar (ed). Linguistic Ecology of Manipur. Guwahati: EBH Publishers.