Naga languages

The Naga languages are a geographic and ethnic grouping of languages under the Kuki-Chin-Naga languages, spoken mostly by Naga peoples.[2] Glottolog has classified Karbic and Meitei within the Naga group, even though their speakers are not ethnically Naga.

For Naga Bikol, see Bikol languages.
Naga languages
(geographic / cultural)
EthnicityNaga people
Geographic
distribution		India, Myanmar, China?
Linguistic classificationSino-Tibetan
  • Kuki-Chin-Naga
    • Naga languages
Subdivisions
Glottolognaga1409[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.[3]

Angami-Pochuri

[4]

Central Naga
Main article: Ao languages

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

[5]

Southern Naga
Main article: Southern Naga languages

[6]

Tangkhul-Maring

[7]

Western Naga
Main article: Zemeic languages

[8]

Meitei
Main article: Meitei language

[9]

Karbic
  • Karbic
    • Hills Karbi
    • Plains Karbi

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See also

Further reading
  • Mei Shin Wu, Johann-Mattis List, & Robert Forkel. (2019). lexibank/marrisonnaga: Naga Languages of North-East India (Version v2.0) [Data set]. Zenodo. doi:10.5281/zenodo.3537636

References
  1. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Naga". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  2. "Naga Languages".
  3. "Northern Naga Languages". Archived from the original on 2019-08-12. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  4. "Glottolog 4.0 - Angami-Pochuri". glottolog.org.
  5. "Glottolog 4.0 - Central Naga". glottolog.org.
  6. "Glottolog 4.0 - Northwestern Kuki-Chin". glottolog.org.
  7. "Glottolog 4.0 - Tangkhul-Maring". glottolog.org.
  8. "Glottolog 4.0 - Zemeic". glottolog.org.
  9. "Manipuri languages".
  10. "Karbic languages".
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