Chokri language
Chokri, (also known as Chakru, Chakhesang and Eastern Angami) is one of three languages spoken by the Chakhesang Naga of Phek district, Nagaland state, India.[3] Cheswezumi is the most important Chokri village in Nagaland. There are also some Chokri speakers residing in Senapati district, Manipur.[3] In 1991, it was estimated that there were 20,000 native Chokri speakers.[4]
- Chokri leads here. For Arabic-based name Chokri, see Shukri
| Chokri | |
|---|---|
| Native to | India |
| Region | Nagaland |
| Ethnicity | Chakhesang Naga |
Native speakers | 111,062 (2011 census)[1] |
Sino-Tibetan
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | nri |
| Glottolog | chok1243[2] |
Phonology
| Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Alveolo-palatal | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| plain | lateral | |||||||||
| Nasal | voiceless | m | ɱ | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||||
| voiced | m̥ | n̥ | ||||||||
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | q | |||||
| aspirated | pʰ | tʰ | kʰ | qʰ | ||||||
| voiced | b | d | ɡ | |||||||
| Affricate | voiceless | p͡f | t͡s | t͡ɕ | ||||||
| aspirated | t͡sʰ | t͡ɕʰ | ||||||||
| voiced | d͡z | d͡ʑ | ||||||||
| Fricative | voiceless | s | ɕ | χ | h | |||||
| voiced | β | v | z | ʑ | ɣ | ʁ | ||||
| Approximant | voiceless | ɻ̊ | l̥ | |||||||
| voiced | ɻ | l | ||||||||
Script
The Chokri language is largely written in the Latin script.[5]
gollark: Just use microG or something. You should do that anyway.
gollark: I would blame something something increased electrical noise in the analog sensor bits. Transcoding uses dedicated efficient hardware nowadays.
gollark: I "like" how "re-evaluate your priorities" almost always means "agree with me more on priorities".
gollark: Just write a compacting GC.
gollark: Just do reference counting.
References
- "Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011". www.censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Chokri Naga". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Chokri language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Bielenberg, Brian; Zhalie, Nienu (Fall 2001). "Chokri (Phek Dialect): Phonetics and Phonology" (PDF). Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area. 24 (2): 85–122. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- Sachdeva, Rajesh (2001). Language Education in Nagaland: Sociolinguistic Dimensions. Regency Publications. ISBN 9788187498339.
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