Chokri language explained

Chokri
States:	India
Region:	Nagaland
Ethnicity:	Chakhesang Naga
Speakers:	111,062
Date:	2011 census
Ref:	^[1]
Familycolor:	Sino-Tibetan
Fam2:	Angami–Pochuri
Iso3:	nri
Glotto:	chok1243
Glottorefname:	Chokri Naga

Chokri, (also known as Chakrü, Chakhesang and Eastern Angami) is one of three languages spoken by the Chakhesang Naga of Phek district, Nagaland state, India. There are also some Chokri speakers residing in the Senapati District of Manipur. In 1991, it was estimated that there were 20,000 native Chokri speakers.^[2]

Phonology

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Labial	Alveolar/Retroflex			(Alveolo-) palatal	Velar	Glottal
plain	sibilant	lateral
Nasal	voiced	pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/			(pronounced as /link/)	(pronounced as /link/)
	voiceless	pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/
Plosive/ Affricate	voiceless	pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/		(pronounced as /link/)	pronounced as /link/
	aspirated	pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/		(pronounced as /link/)	pronounced as /link/
	voiced	pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/		(pronounced as /link/)	pronounced as /link/
Fricative	voiceless			pronounced as /link/		(pronounced as /link/)		pronounced as /link/
	voiced	pronounced as /link/		pronounced as /link/		(pronounced as /link/)	(pronounced as /link/)
Liquid	voiceless		pronounced as /link/		pronounced as /link/
	voiced		pronounced as /link/		pronounced as /link/

• /b/ is heard as a fricative pronounced as /link/ when before /ɯ/.
• /p/ is heard as pronounced as /link/ when before /ɨ/.
• /m/ is heard as pronounced as /link/ when before high back vowels.
• /ts, tsʰ, dz/ is heard as [{{IPA link|tɕ}}, tɕʰ, {{IPA link|dʑ}}], /s, z/ as [{{IPA link|ʑ}}, {{IPA link|ɕ}}], and /n/ as pronounced as /link/, all occurring when before /i/.
• /n/ is heard as [ŋ] between two high back vowels.
• /k, kʰ/ can also be heard as [{{IPA link|q}}, qʰ], /ɡ/ as pronounced as /link/, /ɻ/ as [{{IPA link|ɣ}}, {{IPA link|ʁ}}], and /ɻ̊/ as pronounced as /link/ all occurring in free variation.

Back

Close	pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/
Mid	pronounced as /link/		pronounced as /link/
Open		pronounced as /link/

• /ɨ/ is heard as pronounced as /link/ in unstressed position.
• Sounds /e, o/ can be heard as [{{IPA link|ɛ}}, {{IPA link|ɔ}}] in free variation.

Script

The Chokri language is largely written in the Latin script.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. www.censusindia.gov.in. 2018-07-07.
2. Bielenberg. Brian. Zhalie. Nienu. Chokri (Phek Dialect): Phonetics and Phonology. Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area. Fall 2001. 24. 2. 85–122. 28 December 2016.
3. Book: Sachdeva. Rajesh. Language Education in Nagaland: Sociolinguistic Dimensions. 2001. Regency Publications. 9788187498339.