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- Title
Case and Post-Position in Sukte (Salhte).
- Authors
Singh, Arambam Sadananda
- Abstract
Sukte is an undocumented language spoken by one of the tribes of Manipur. The term 'Sukte' is derived from the word sokte a compound word sok 'to go southwards' and te 'plural suffix indicating person' which literally means people of the southwards or lowland. Salte is the alternate name of the language. It is mainly spoken in Churachandpur District of Manipur. Linguistically, Salte belongs to Kuki-Chin group of the Tibeto-Burman family of languages (Benedict, 1972). It is closely related to many other Kuki-Chin group of languages namely Paite, Chorai, Chiru, Chothe, Gangte, Ranglong, Rangkhol, etc.
- Subjects
MANIPUR (India); PAITE (Asian people); TIBETO-Burman languages; KUKI-Chin languages; POSTPOSITIONS (Grammar); CASE (Grammar)
- Publication
Language in India, 2019, Vol 19, Issue 5, p546
- ISSN
1930-2940
- Publication type
Article