Angami-Pochuri-Naga languages
The Angami-Pochuri-Naga languages or Angami-Pochuri languages form a sub-unit of the Kuki-Chin-Naga languages , which belong to the Tibetan -Burman languages , a primary branch of Sinotibetic . The approximately ten Angami-Pochuri languages are spoken by 450,000 people in northeast India in the state of Nagaland . The largest individual languages are Angami and Sema , each with around 100,000 speakers.
Angami-Pochuri-Naga within Sino Tibetan
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Sinotibian
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Tibeto Burmese
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Kuki-Chin-Naga
- Mizo-Kuki-Chin
- Ao-Naga
- Angami Pochuri Naga
- Zeme Naga
- Tangkhul Naga
- Meithei (Manipuri)
- Karbi (Mikir)
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Kuki-Chin-Naga
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Tibeto Burmese
Internal classification and number of speakers
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Angami Pochuri Naga
- Angami branch
- Angami (110 thousand), Chokri (20 thousand)
- Mao (Sopvoma) (80k), Kheza (25k)
- Pochuri branch
- Sema (Sumi, Simi) (130 thousand)
- Rengma (Mon) (35k)
- Pochuri (15 thousand)
- Ntenyi (7 thousand)
- Meluri (Anyo) †
- Angami branch
Classification and number of speakers according to the given web link.
literature
- Christopher I. Beckwith (Ed.): Medieval Tibeto-Burman Languages. Brill, Leiden / Boston / Cologne 2002.
- Paul K. Benedict: Sino-Tibetan. A Conspectus. Cambridge University Press, 1972.
- Scott DeLancey: Sino-Tibetan Languages. In: Bernard Comrie (Ed.): The World's Major Languages. Oxford University Press, 1990.
- Austin Hale: Research on Tibeto-Burman Languages. Mouton, Berlin / New York / Amsterdam 1982.
- James A. Matisoff: Handbook of Proto-Tibeto-Burman. University of California Press, 2003.
- Anju Saxena (Ed.): Himalayan Languages. Mouton de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2004.
- Graham Thurgood, Randy J. LaPolla: The Sino-Tibetan Languages. Routledge, London 2003.
- George Van Driem: Languages of the Himalayas. Brill, Leiden 2001.
See also
Web links
- Ernst Kausen: The Classification of the Sino-Tibetan Languages. (DOC; 116 kB)