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Himalayan Linguistics is a free peer-reviewed web journal and archive devoted to the study of the languages of the Himalayas. Since 2020 it includes the series Languages and Peoples of the Eastern Himalayan Region as the second issue of every volume.

Languages and Peoples of the Eastern Himalayan Region

Some preliminary notes on Challow, a Tibeto-Burman language from Manipur, India

This contribution introduces Challow, a previously unreported and undescribed Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Ukhrul district of Manipur, North-East India. It includes preliminary sociolinguistic, phonological, and lexical information, compared with data from other languages of the region. The study also offers a 100-items Swadesh wordlist of Challow lexical entries. At first glance, Challow reveals interesting properties, such as the presence of an original p(ə̆)-prefix so far unattested in the languages of the area, and typologically rare phonological processes.

A field report on Kongai language from Manipur, India

This contribution introduces Kongai, a hitherto unreported Tibeto-Burman language spoken in Manipur, North-East India. This field report contains introductory sociolinguistic notes and preliminary information on Kongai phonological properties, such as syllable structure, rhymes, and prefixes. Additional linguistic data include the pronominal paradigm, comparative lexical materials, and a 100-items Swadesh wordlist.