Abstract
Ranglong is one of the sub-tribes of Halam community of Tripura. Ethnically, they are Mongoloid and their language belongs to the Kuki-Chin sub-group of the Tibeto-Burman language family (Grierson 1903). The present paper attempts to explore the negative marking in Ranglong. The negative formation can be expressed by suffixing negative markers to the main verb. The negative marker mək is the common negative marker in Ranglong used with realis construction. The present paper discusses the various negative construction in Ranglong which includes, agreement particles, declarative, interrogative, existential, possessive, locative, imperative, negative strengthening and double negation.
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