Long Phuri language
Long Phuri, or Long Phuri Naga (Amimi Naga, Longpfuri, Longpfuru, Mimi), is an unclassified Naga language of Burma. It is not close to other Naga languages which it has been compared to, though Long Phuri Naga, Makuri Naga, and Para Naga may be closest to each other.
| Long Phuri | |
|---|---|
| Long Phuri Naga | |
| Native to | Burma |
Native speakers | 1,000 (2004)[1] |
Sino-Tibetan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | lpn |
| Glottolog | long1375[2] |
Long Phuri is spoken in 6 villages of Leshi Township, Hkamti District, Sagaing Region, Myanmar.
References
- Long Phuri at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Long Phuri Naga". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Barkman, Tiffany. 2014. A descriptive grammar of Jejara (Para Naga). MA thesis, Chiang Mai: Payap University.
- Language and Social Development Organization (LSDO). 2006. A sociolinguistic survey of Makuri, Para, and Long Phuri Naga in Layshi Township, Myanmar. Unpublished manuscript.
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