MSS EUR HODGSON/90 Manipuri or Maitai, Song-phu, Ma-ram, Cham-phing, Ka-pur, Ko-reng, Lu-hup-pa, Northern, Central and Southern Tāng-khul languages 1850s
Ethnic languages: bilingual and trilingual vocabularies of Manipuri or Maitai, Songphu, Maram, Champhing, Kapur, Koreng, Luhuppa, Northern, Central and Southern Tangkhul languages with sample sentences compared and the geographic location of the people speaking the particular language.
1[vol.90 fol(s)1-30] Manipuri or Maitai and Songphu languages 1850s Machine-made paper, fine condition, fair writing, folio 30 is blank.
English Mixed Maitai, Song-phu
Geographical description of the areas of settlement of the people speaking Manipur or Maitai (known now as Meithei or Manipuri) and Songphu languages, trilingual vocabularies and sample sentences of these languages with English translation. Manipuri is the language of the central plateau of Manipuri state currently with around two million speakers. 'Songphu' is not found in any of the standard lists of languages, but is a place-name in both Manipur and Bhutan.
2[vol.90 fol(s)31-51] Maram and Champhing languages (Naga dialects) 1850s Machine-made paper, bottom right edge of folio 32 onwards eaten by worms, otherwise in fine condition, fair writing, folio 51 is blank.
English Mixed Maram, Cam-phing (Nāgā)
Geographical description, trilingual vocabularies and sample sentences (English, Maram and Champhing); English title description. Maram was spoken in 2000 by around 25,000 persons in northern Manipur and in Assam. The name 'Champhing' is not included in the most comprehensive discussion of languages in the Himalaya and adjoining regions ([van Driem_2001:]or in the Ethnologue), and no information was found through an Internet search in June 2011.
3[vol.90 fol(s)52-77] Kapur and Koreng languages (Naga dialects) 1850s Machine-made paper, very bottom edge of the manuscript has been eaten by worms, otherwise in fine condition, fair writing, folio 77 is blank.
English Mixed Ka-pur, Ko-reng (Naga)
Geographical description, trilingual vocabularies and sample sentences of Kapur and Koreng languages with English translation; English title description. The languages known as Kapur and Koreng are not listed in recent linguistic studies (e.g. van Driem 2001) and no information was found through a June 2011 Internet search either.
4[vol.90 fol(s)78-103] Luhup-pa and Northern Tangkhul languages (Naga dialects) 1850s Machine-made paper, bottom part of the manuscript has been eaten by worms, otherwise in fine condition, fair writing, ff. 101-103 are blank.
English Mixed Lu-hup-pa, Northern Tang-hul (Nāgā)
Geographical description, trilingual vocabularies and sample sentences of Luhup-pa and Northern Tangkhul languages with English translation; English title description. Modern sources treat Luh-pa as a synonym of 'Tangkhul', which in 1997 was spoken by around 110,000 people in north-eastern Manipur, Nagaland and Tripura. Presumably Hodgson's data refers to two of the five dialects (viz. Ukhrul (main variety), Khunggoi, Kupome, Khangol, Kupome and Phadang).
5[vol.90 fol(s)104-124] Central and Southern Tangkhul languages (Naga dialects) 1850s Machine-made paper, fine condition, fair writing, 2 leaves without folio number, blank.
English Mixed Central and Southern Tang-khul (Naga)
Geographical description, trilingual vocabularies and sample sentences of Central and Southern Tangkhul; English title description (see Item 5 above for further information on the same subject).