| Naga languages | |
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| (geographic / cultural) | |
| Geographic distribution | India,Myanmar |
| Ethnicity | Naga people |
| Linguistic classification | Sino-Tibetan
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| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | naga1409 |
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TheNaga languages are a geographic and ethnic grouping ofTibeto-Burman, spoken mostly byNaga peoples.[1]
Northern Naga languages do not fall within the group, in spite of being spoken by Naga groups; instead, these form part of theSal languages within Sino-Tibetan,[2] whileSouthern Naga languages form a branch withinKuki-Chin languages subfamily.[3]
Koki is a "Naga" language spoken in and aroundLeshi Township, Myanmar that could possibly classify asTangkhulic languages orAo languages.
Sino-Tibetan branches | |||||
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| WesternHimalayas (Himachal, Uttarakhand,Nepal,Sikkim) |
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| EasternHimalayas (Tibet,Bhutan,Arunachal) | |||||
| Myanmar and Indo- Burmese border |
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| East andSoutheast Asia |
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| Dubious (possible isolates,Arunachal) |
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Italics indicates single languages that are also considered to be separate branches. | |||||
