Karbi language
The Karbi language (US: /kɑːrbi/ ⓘ) is spoken by the Karbi (also known as Mikir or Arleng) people of Northeastern India.
| Karbi | |
|---|---|
| Arleng | |
| Region | Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh |
| Ethnicity | Karbi |
Native speakers | 528,503 (2011) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:mjw – Karbiajz – Plains Karbi (Amri) |
| Glottolog | karb1240 |
| ELP | Karbi |
It belongs to the Sino-Tibetan language family, but its position is unclear. Grierson (1903) classified it under Naga languages, Shafer (1974) and Bradley (1997) classify the Mikir languages as an aberrant Kuki-Chin branch, but Thurgood (2003) leaves them unclassified within Sino-Tibetan. Blench and Post (2013) classify it as one of the most basal languages of the entire family.
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