Native to Bangladesh ISO 639-3 mef | Native speakers 6,900 (2000) Glottolog mega1243 | |
Language family Sino-Tibetan
Brahmaputran
Bodo–Koch
Bodo–Garo
Garo
Megam | ||
Megam is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Kalmakanda subdistrict, Netrokona district, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. It is most closely related to Garo, but has been strongly influenced by Khasian languages, to the extent that it is only 7–9% lexically similar to with A’beng, the neighboring Garo dialect, but 60% similar to the Khasian language Lyngngam.
References
Megam language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA