Megam language

Megam
Native to	Bangladesh
Native speakers	6,900 (2000)^[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Brahmaputran Bodo–Koch Bodo–Garo Garo Megam
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`mef`
Glottolog	`mega1243`^[2]

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 at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Megam". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

Bodo–Garo	Bodo Dimasa Tiwa Kokborok (Tripuri) Kachari Moran Garo Megam

Koch	Atong Koch Ruga Rabha

Deori	Deori

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