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Na dialect

Na (Nah) is a dialect of Bangni, a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in India. Na is spoken in nine villages of Taksing Circle, Upper Subansiri District, Arunachal Pradesh. There are four clans, namely Chedar, Hafi, Tisi, and Hari.

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Na
Bangni
RegionAssam
Native speakers
(1,500 estimate for year 2000 cited 1997)1
Sino-Tibetan
Language codes
ISO 639-3nbt
Glottolognaaa1245
ELPNa
Na is classified as Critically Endangered language by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger.2

Na (Nah) is a dialect of Bangni, a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in India.3 Na is spoken in nine villages of Taksing Circle, Upper Subansiri District, Arunachal Pradesh (Pertin 1994:1). There are four clans, namely Chedar, Hafi, Tisi, and Hari.

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  1. Na at Ethnologue (15th ed., 2005) Closed access icon
  2. Moseley, Christopher; Nicolas, Alexander, eds. (2010). Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (PDF) (3rd ed.). Paris: UNESCO. pp. 43–47. ISBN 978-92-3-104096-2. Archived from the original on 23 July 2022.
  3. Post, Mark W. (2013). Defoliating the Tani Stammbaum: An exercise in areal linguistics. Paper presented at the 13th Himalayan Languages Symposium. Canberra, Australian National University, Aug 9.