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Lairamlo is the name of the dialect of Tangkhul. Tangkhul is one of the tribal languages of Manipur which belongs to the Kuki-Chin-Naga subgroup of the Tibeto-Burman subfamily of languages (Grierson’s LSI, 1903). Lairamlo is spoken by the Ringpam people in Ringpam village or Momlo Ringpam village in the Machi sub-division of the Tengnoupal district of Manipur. The present paper is an attempt to describe the morpho-syntactic aspects of the pronoun of Lairamlo. The dialect has no gender distinction in the case of first-person and second-person personal pronouns but gender distinction is made in the case of third personal pronouns in Lairamlo i.e., imiŋ for ‘he’ and inuŋ for ‘she’. Pronouns in Lairamlo can be categorized into the following types: i) personal pronouns, ii) demonstrative pronouns, iii) interrogative pronouns, iv) reflexive pronouns and v) indefinite pronouns. Reflexive pronouns in Lairamlo are formed by the suffixing -thra for singular and -nәniŋ for plural to the personal pronoun. The data are collected from Ringpam village of Tengnoupal district of Manipur through questionnaire and interview methods. The sources of data for this research are primary and secondary. The secondary source includes the available written materials like books, journals, articles etc. The primary source is mainly based on speech data of the community. The data collection was done through personal contact with informants of different sexes, professionals and age groups. The data is cross-checked with the other speakers of the same dialect for authenticity and consistency of the same.
Keywords:
Pronouns, Lairamlo, Tangkhul, Ringpam, Manipur.
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"Pronouns in Lairamlo", International Journal of Science & Engineering Development Research (www.ijsdr.org), ISSN:2455-2631, Vol.8, Issue 12, page no.577 - 580, December-2023, Available :http://www.ijsdr.org/papers/IJSDR2312076.pdf
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Publication Details:
Published Paper ID: IJSDR2312076
Registration ID:209455
Published In: Volume 8 Issue 12, December-2023
DOI (Digital Object Identifier): https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10446251
Page No: 577 - 580
Publisher: IJSDR | www.ijsdr.org
ISSN Number: 2455-2631
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