▁of ▁the ▁most ▁spoken ▁dialect ▁among ▁the ▁dialect s ▁of ▁the ▁Nag as . ▁Research ers ▁and ▁sch ol ars ▁have ▁started ▁audio ▁recording ▁of ▁the ▁dialect ▁as ▁parts ▁of ▁their ▁th esis ▁and ▁projects , ▁and ▁at ▁the ▁same ▁time , ▁these ▁record ings ▁will ▁serve ▁a ▁great ▁deal ▁in ▁the ▁pres ervation ▁of ▁the ▁dialect ▁in ▁the ▁long ▁run . ▁The ▁State ▁Government ▁of ▁Man ip ur ▁approved ▁the ▁recognition ▁of ▁" Li ang lad " ▁on ▁ 2 3 ▁May ▁ 2 0 1 3 . ▁Hence ▁LI AN GL AD ▁has ▁now ▁been ▁officially ▁recognized ▁and ▁will ▁be ▁used ▁in ▁schools ▁as ▁medium ▁of ▁instruction ▁in ▁schools . ▁ ▁Et ym ology ▁ ▁Li ang mai ▁is ▁made ▁up ▁of ▁two ▁words ▁LI ANG ▁and ▁MA I . ▁MA I ▁means ▁people . ▁Thus , ▁Li ang mai ▁means ▁the ▁people ▁of ▁LI ANG . ▁D ifferent ▁people ▁have ▁their ▁own ▁version ▁for ▁the ▁meaning ▁of ▁the ▁word ▁LI ANG . ▁The ▁most ▁accepted ▁meaning ▁of ▁the ▁word ▁" LI ANG " ▁today ▁is ▁" Support " ▁or ▁" group ed ▁as ▁one ". ▁Thus , ▁" Li ang mai " ▁means ▁the ▁people ▁who ▁have ▁grouped ▁themselves ▁in ▁support ▁of ▁each ▁other ▁to ▁live ▁together ▁as ▁one ▁community ▁or ▁tribe . ▁ ▁D ress ▁ ▁The ▁att ire ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁cultural ▁her it ages ▁of ▁the ▁Li ang ma is . ▁Most ly , ▁the ▁traditional ▁att ires ▁are ▁hand - w oven . ▁Some ▁popular