Kuki-Chin-Naga languages
The Kuki-Chin-Naga languages form a large subgroup of the Tibetan Burman languages , a primary branch of Sinotibetic . The approximately 70 languages are spoken by 5.2 million people, mainly in Northeast India . Kuki-Chin-Naga consists of several subgroups that form generally recognized genetic units : the Mizo-Kuki-Chin , Ao-Naga , Angami-Pochuri-Naga , Zeme-Naga , Tangkhul-Naga and the important individual languages Meithei (Manipuri) and Karbi (Mikir). Besides Meithei and Karbi, Mizo (Lushai), Angami and Tangkhul are larger languages of this group.
Classification and subunits
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Sinotibian
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Tibeto Burmese
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Kuki-Chin-Naga
- Mizo-Kuki-Chin (2.3 million speakers)
- Ao-Naga (300 thousand)
- Angami Pochuri Naga ( 450k )
- Zeme Naga (150k)
- Tangkhul Naga (150k)
- Meithei or Manipuri (1.3 million)
- Karbi or Mikir (500 thousand)
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Kuki-Chin-Naga
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Tibeto Burmese
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 (Eds.): The Sino-Tibetan Languages. Routledge, London 2003. Therein:
- Robbins Burling: The Tibeto-Burman Languages of Northeastern India.
- Shobhana Chelliah: Meithei.
- 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)