Long Phuri language explained

Long Phuri
Also Known As:Long Phuri Naga
States:Burma
Speakers:1,000
Date:2004
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Sino-Tibetan
Fam2:(Tibeto-Burman)
Fam3:Ao?
Tangkhulic?
Iso3:lpn
Glotto:long1375
Glottorefname:Long Phuri Naga

Long Phuri, or Long Phuri Naga (Amimi Naga, Longpfuri, Longpfuru, Mimi), is an unclassified Naga language of Burma. Long Phuri is spoken in 6 villages of Leshi Township, Hkamti District, Sagaing Region, Myanmar.

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. Hsiu (2021) classifies Long Phuri as a sister of the Central Naga (Ao) languages.[1] Long Phuri shares 30%–37% lexical similarity with Makuri Naga, and 23%–25% with Para Naga.[2]

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hsiu . Andrew . 2021 . Kuki-Chin-Naga . 2023-03-09 . Sino-Tibetan Branches Project.
  2. Web site: 2016 . Myanmar . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20161010180533/http://www.ethnologue.com/country/MM/languages . 2016-10-10 . Ethnologue: Languages of the World.