Tusom is a Tangkhulic language of Manipur, India. Dialects include East Tusom (Mortensen 2013). Tusom was first mentioned in the literature by David Mortensen in the 2000s.Mortensen, David. 2014. The Tangkhulic Tongues - How I Started Working on Endangered Languages.
References
Sources Mortensen, David R. and James A. Miller (2013). “A reconstruction of Proto-Tangkhulic rhymes.” Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area 36(1): 1-32. Mortensen, David R. (2012). Database of Tangkhulic Languages. (unpublished ms. contributed to STEDT). Mortensen, David R. and James A. Miller (2009). “Proto-Tangkhul Onsets in Comparative Perspective.” International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics 42, Chiangmai, November 4. Mortensen, David R. (2003). “Comparative Tangkhul.” Unpublished Qualifying Paper, UC Berkeley. Mortensen, David. 2014. The Tangkhulic Tongues - How I Started Working on Endangered Languages.