Kuki-Chin-Naga languages

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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

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.

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