Yimchungrü language
Yimchungrü (Yimchungrü Naga), also Yachumi (Yatsumi) in Sema, is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in northeast India by the Yimchunger Naga people. It is spoken between Namchik and Patkoi in Tuensang district, eastern Nagaland, India. Yimchungrü language is spoken by more than one lakh plus people in about 100 plus villages and towns. [3]
| Yimchungrü | |
|---|---|
| Yachumi | |
| Native to | Nagaland, India |
| Region | Eastern and some parts of Western Nagaland, Tuensang and Dimapur districts |
| Ethnicity | Yimchunger Naga |
Native speakers | 83,259 (2011 census)[1] |
Sino-Tibetan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | yim |
| Glottolog | yimc1240[2] |
Dialects
Ethnologue lists the following dialects of Yimchungrü.
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gollark: I must admit, the Minoteaur login page was a glorious and wonderful design, by me.
gollark: https://minoteaur.osmarks.net/login?redirect=%2Flist_of_isomorphisms_to_bee
gollark: It works fine. You're just wrong.
gollark: Minoteaur *6*, yes.
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). "Yimchungru Naga". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Yimchungrü language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
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Further reading
- Kumar, Braj Bihari. (1973). Hindi–Yimchungrü–English dictionary. Kohima, India: Nagaland Bhasha Parishad.
- (2004). Where on earth do they speak Naga, Yimchungru? Retrieved from http://www.verbix.com/maps/language/NagaYimchungru.html
External links
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