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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
[JANUARY, 1902.
5. Aimol. Spoken in the hills in and round the valley of Manipur. Also spoken in the valley at Aimol.
6. Chiru. Spoken in the hills to the north of the valley of Manipur. Also spoken by a small migratory tribe in the valley.
7. Kolren or Koireng.-Spoken in eight villages in the hills to the north of the valley of Manipur, and by a migratory tribe in the valley.
8. Kom.-Spoken in Manipur, chiefly in the hills bordering the west-side of the valley. Note. All these dialects are closely connected. Kôm in some respects resembles the Nâgâ languages.
9. Cha or Kyau. Spoken in one village in Arakan, on the banks of the Koladyne river. This dialect, which is so widely separated in locality, possesses important points of resemblance with the preceding forms of speech.
Spoken in several Lushêi villages in the Lushai Hills. Is a link between Old
10. Mhar. Kaki and Lushêi.
11. Param. Spoken in the hills in and round the valley of Manipur. Also spoken in the valley at Pûrûm, to the west of Aimol. It is largely influenced by Meithei.
12. Anal. Spoken in the hills in the south-east of the Manipur State.
13. Hiroi-Lamgång. - Spoken to the south of Anal.
Note. The two last dialects are so largely influenced by Meithei, that they, in many respects, differ from the other Old Kuki dialects. In some respects, like Kôm, they agree with the Nâgâ dialects.
V. Southern Chin Dialects.
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1. Chinme. Spoken on the soarces of the eastern Môn. Said to be a connecting link between Lai and the dialects of the southern tribes.
2. Welaung.
Spoken on the headwaters of the Myitthâ River. There are said to be two
dialects.
3. Chinbok. To the south of Welaung, from the Maw River down to Sawchaung. There are said to be three dialects.
4. Yindu. Spoken in the valley of the Salinchaung and the northern end of the Môn Valley. Said to be related to Chinbok. Some of the tribes known as Shendus on the Arakan frontier are probably Yindus.
5. Chinbon.-Spoken in the southern end of the Môn Valley, and across the Yomas into the valley of the Pichaung.
6. Taungtha.-Spoken in the villages round Wethet. The name means "sons of the hills," and is used to denote various hill tribes.
7. Khyang or Shö. - Spoken on both sides of the Arakan Yomas.
8. Khami, or, incorrectly, Kumi or Khweymi. - Spoken on the Koladyne River in Arakan, and the upper part of the Sanga River in the Chittagong Hill Tracts.
Note. These two dialects, Khyang and Khami comprise several sub-dialects, and gradually approach Burmese. They may be considered as transitional forms of speech.
[For the sound of aw in 'awful'; for which is usually employed in this Journal. ED.]
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