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Naga languages

Naga languages

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The Naga languages are a geographic and ethnic grouping of. Kuki-Chin-Naga languages, spoken mostly by Naga peoples.[1]

For Naga Bikol, see Bikol languages.
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Northern Naga 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 Southern Naga languages form a branch within Kuki-Chin languages subfamily.[3]

Classification

Angami–Ao

Angami–Pochuri

Main article: Angami-Pochuri languages

Central Naga (Ao)

Main article: Ao languages

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

Tangkhul-Maring

Main article: Tangkhul-Maring languages

Western Naga (Zemeic)

Main article: Zemeic languages

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Naga Languages".
  2. [2]
    "Northern Naga Languages". Archived from the original on 2019-08-12. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  3. [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. [4]
    "Glottolog 4.0 - Angami-Pochuri". glottolog.org.
  5. [5]
    "Glottolog 4.0 - Central Naga". glottolog.org.
  6. [6]
    "Glottolog 4.0 - Tangkhul-Maring". glottolog.org.
  7. [7]
    "Glottolog 4.0 - Zemeic". glottolog.org.
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