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Moran language

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Native to
  
India

Extinct
  
ca. 1900

Linguist list
  
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Region
  
Assam

ISO 639-3
  
None (mis)

Language family
  
Sino-Tibetan Brahmaputran Bodo–Koch Bodo–Garo Bodo Moran

Moran (Morān) is an extinct Sino-Tibetan language spoken in India related to Bodo. It was one of the indigenous languages of the Assam Valley, and the first people conquered by the invading Ahom. The name reportedly means 'forest dweller'. It was nearly extinct by 1900.

References

Moran language Wikipedia