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Chairel language

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Native to
  
India

Era
  
attested 1859

Linguist list
  
qg2

Region
  
Manipur

ISO 639-3
  
None (mis)

Language family
  
Sino-Tibetan Brahmaputran (unclassified) Chairel

Chairel is an extinct Sino-Tibetan language of Manipur, India. It is preserved only in a word list from 1859. From the words for "sun" (sal) and "fire" (phal), it is clear that it is a Sal (Brahmaputran) language, but it has not been classified further.

References

Chairel language Wikipedia


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