Naga languages

Naga languages
(geographic / cultural)
EthnicityNaga people
Geographic
distribution
India, Myanmar
Linguistic classificationSino-Tibetan
Subdivisions
  • Angami–Pochuri
  • Central Naga (Ao)
  • Tangkhul-Maring
  • Western Naga (Zemeic)
  • Southern Naga
Glottolognaga1409

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

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

Central Naga (Ao)

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

Tangkhul-Maring

Western Naga (Zemeic)

See also

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.
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Southern
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