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Kharam is a Southern Naga language of India. Peterson (2017)Peterson, David. 2017. "On Kuki-Chin subgrouping." In Picus Sizhi Ding and Jamin Pelkey, eds. ''Sociohistorical linguistics in Southeast Asia: New horizons for Tibeto-Burman studies in honor of David Bradley'', 189-209. Leiden: Brill. classifies the closely related
Purum language Purum (Purum Naga) is a Southern Naga language of India. Speakers consider themselves to be ethnic Naga people, rather than part of the Kuki and Chin ethnic groups. Peterson (2017)Peterson, David. 2017. "On Kuki-Chin subgrouping." In Picus Sizhi ...
(and hence Kharam as well) as part of the ''Northwestern'' branch of Kuki-Chin. According ''Ethnologue'', Kharam shares a high degree of mutual intelligibility with Purum.


Geographical distribution

Kharam Naga is spoken in the following locations of
Manipur Manipur () ( mni, Kangleipak) is a States and territories of India, state in Northeast India, with the city of Imphal as its capital. It is bounded by the Indian states of Nagaland to the north, Mizoram to the south and Assam to the west. It ...
('' Ethnologue''). * Senapati district: Purumlikli, Purumkhulen, Purumkhunou, Waicheiphai, and Moibunglikli villages *
Chandel district Chandel district ( Meitei pronunciation:/ˌtʃænˈdɛl/) is one of the 16 districts of Manipur state in northeastern India. As of 2011 it was the second least populous district in the state, after Tamenglong. In December 2016, a part of the d ...
: Lamlang Huipi, Chandanpokpi, Khongkhang Chothe, Loirang Talsi, Salemthar, Zat’lang, and New Wangparan villages


References

{{Languages of Northeast India Languages of Manipur Endangered languages of India Southern Naga languages