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Naga languages

The Naga languages are a geographic and ethnic grouping of Sino-Tibetan languages, spoken mostly by Naga peoples.

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Naga
(geographic / cultural)
Geographic
distribution
India, Myanmar
EthnicityNagas
Linguistic classificationSino-Tibetan
Subdivisions
Language codes
Glottolognaga1409

The Naga languages are a geographic and ethnic grouping of Sino-Tibetan languages, spoken mostly by Naga peoples.1

The Northern Naga or Konyak languages do not fall within the group, in spite of being spoken by Naga groups; instead, these form part of the Sal languages within Sino-Tibetan,2 while the Southern Naga or Northwestern Kuki-Chin languages form a branch within the Kuki-Chin languages.3

Classification

Angami–Ao

Angami–Pochuri

Central Naga (Ao)

Tangkhul–Maring

Western Naga (Zemeic)

Koki

Koki is a "Naga" language spoken in and around Leshi Township, Myanmar that could possibly be classified as a Tangkhulic language or Ao language.

See also

See also

References

References

  1. "Naga Languages".
  2. "Northern Naga Languages". Archived from the original on 2019-08-12. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  3. *Peterson, David. 2017. "On Kuki-Chin subgrouping." In Picus Sizhi Ding and Jamin Pelkey, eds. Sociohistorical linguistics in Southeast Asia: New horizons for Tibeto-Burman studies in honor of David Bradley, 189-209. Leiden: Brill
  4. "Glottolog 4.0 - Angami-Pochuri". glottolog.org.
  5. "Glottolog 4.0 - Central Naga". glottolog.org.
  6. "Glottolog 4.0 - Tangkhul-Maring". glottolog.org.
  7. "Glottolog 4.0 - Zemeic". glottolog.org.