Naga languages

Naga languages
Naga languages
(geographic / cultural)
Ethnicity	Naga people
Geographic; distribution	India, Myanmar
Linguistic classification	Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman Central Tibeto-Burman (?) Kuki–Chin–Naga Naga languages; ; ; ;
Subdivisions	Angami–Pochuri; Central Naga (Ao); Tangkhul-Maring; Western Naga (Zemeic); Southern Naga;
Glottolog	naga1409

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[edit]

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

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

^ "Naga Languages".
^ "Northern Naga Languages". Archived from the original on 2019-08-12. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
^ *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
^ "Glottolog 4.0 - Angami-Pochuri". glottolog.org.
^ "Glottolog 4.0 - Central Naga". glottolog.org.
^ "Glottolog 4.0 - Tangkhul-Maring". glottolog.org.
^ "Glottolog 4.0 - Zemeic". glottolog.org.