Naga languages explained

Naga languages
Fam2:	Tibeto-Burman
Fam3:	Central Tibeto-Burman (?)
Fam4:	Kuki–Chin–Naga
Acceptance:	geographic / cultural
Ethnicity:	Naga people
Region:	India, Myanmar
Familycolor:	Sino-Tibetan
Child1:	Angami–Pochuri
Child2:	Central Naga (Ao)
Child3:	Tangkhul-Maring
Child4:	Western Naga (Zemeic)
Child5:	Southern Naga
Glotto:	naga1409
Glottorefname:	Naga

The Naga languages are a geographic and ethnic grouping of. Kuki-Chin-Naga languages, spoken mostly by Naga peoples.^[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,^[2] while Southern Naga languages form a branch within Kuki-Chin languages subfamily.^[3]

Classification

Angami–Ao

Angami–Pochuri

See main article: Angami-Pochuri languages.

• Angami-Pochuri languages^[4]
  • Angami
    • Angami
    • Chokri (Chokri Chakhesang)
    • Kuzhami (Kuzhami Chakhesang)
    • Mao (Sopvoma)
    • Poula (Poumai)
  • Pochuri
    • Pochuri
    • Ntenyi (Northern Rengma)
    • Rengma
    • Sümi (Sema)

Central Naga (Ao)

See main article: Ao languages.

• Central Naga languages^[5]
  • Ao language
    • Chungli Ao
    • Mongsen Ao
    • Changki
    • Dordar (Yacham)
    • Longla
  • Lotha (Lhota)
  • Sangtam ('Thukumi')
    • Kizare
    • Pirr (Northern Sangtam)
    • Phelongre
    • Thukumi (Central Sangtam)
    • Photsimi
    • Purr (Southern Sangtam)
  • Yimchingric
    • Yimkhiungrü ('Yachumi')
      • Tikhir
      • Chirr
      • Phanungru
      • Langa
    • Para
    • Makuric
      • Makury
      • Long Phuri

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

Tangkhul-Maring

See main article: Tangkhul-Maring languages.

• Tangkhul-Maring languages^[6]
  • Tangkhulic
    • • • • • • • Tangkhul Somra Akyaung Ari
    • Kachai
    • Huishu
    • Tusom
  • Maringic
    • Khoibu
    • Maring

Western Naga (Zemeic)

See main article: Zemeic languages.

• Western Naga (Zemeic) languages^[7]
  • Zeme proper
  • Mzieme (Northern Zeme)
  • Liangmai
  • Rongmei
  • Inpui (Puiron)
  • Khoirao (Thangal)
  • Maram

See also

• Northern Naga languages
  • Zakhring language Nagamese Creole

Notes and References

1. Web site: Naga Languages .
2. Web site: Northern Naga Languages. 2019-09-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20190812074747/http://www.ethnologue.com/17/subgroups/northern-naga/. 2019-08-12. dead.
3. • Peterson, David. 2017. "On Kuki-Chin subgrouping." In Picus Sizhi Ding and Jamin Pelkey, eds. Sociohistorical linguistics in Southeast Asia: New horizons for Tibeto-Burman studies in honor of David Bradley, 189-209. Leiden: Brill
4. Web site: Glottolog 4.0 - Angami-Pochuri. glottolog.org.
5. Web site: Glottolog 4.0 - Central Naga. glottolog.org.
6. Web site: Glottolog 4.0 - Tangkhul-Maring. glottolog.org.
7. Web site: Glottolog 4.0 - Zemeic. glottolog.org.