Maram is a

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language spoken in India. It is taught up to secondary school, and the younger generations are almost fully literate.

Locations

''Ethnologue'' reports that Maram is spoken in the following locations. * Senapati district, northern

Manipur Manipur () ( mni, Kangleipak) is a state in Northeast India, with the city of Imphal as its capital. It is bounded by the Indian states of Nagaland to the north, Mizoram to the south and Assam to the west. It also borders two regions of Myanm ...

: 5 villages near Senapati, and 26 villages near Maram *

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Assam Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur ...

Dialects

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'' lists the following dialects of Maram. *Willong Circle *Maram Khullen Circle *T. Khullen *Ngatan

References

Languages of Assam Languages of Manipur Zeme languages Endangered languages of India {{st-lang-stub