Chokri language
- Chokri leads here. For Arabic-based name Chokri, see Shukri
| Chokri | |
|---|---|
| Native to | India |
| Region | Nagaland |
| Ethnicity | Chakhesang Naga |
Native speakers | 111,062 (2011 census)[1] |
Sino-Tibetan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | nri |
| Glottolog | chok1243 |
| ELP | Chokri Naga |
Chokri, (also known as Chakru, Chakhesang and Eastern Angami) is one of three languages spoken by the Chakhesang Naga of Phek district, Nagaland state, India.[2] Cheswezumi is the most important Chokri village in Nagaland. There are also some Chokri speakers residing in Senapati district, Manipur.[2] In 1991, it was estimated that there were 20,000 native Chokri speakers.[3]
Phonology
| Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Alveolo-palatal | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| plain | lateral | |||||||||
| Nasal | voiceless | m | ɱ | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||||
| voiced | m̥ | n̥ | ||||||||
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | q | |||||
| aspirated | pʰ | tʰ | kʰ | qʰ | ||||||
| voiced | b | d | ɡ | |||||||
| Affricate | voiceless | p͡f | t͡s | t͡ɕ | ||||||
| aspirated | t͡sʰ | t͡ɕʰ | ||||||||
| voiced | d͡z | d͡ʑ | ||||||||
| Fricative | voiceless | s | ɕ | χ | h | |||||
| voiced | β | v | z | ʑ | ɣ | ʁ | ||||
| Approximant | voiceless | ɻ̊ | l̥ | |||||||
| voiced | ɻ | l | ||||||||
Script
The Chokri language is largely written in the Latin script.[4]
References
- ^ "Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011". www.censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
- ^ a b Chokri language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ a b Bielenberg, Brian; Zhalie, Nienu (Fall 2001). "Chokri (Phek Dialect): Phonetics and Phonology" (PDF). Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area. 24 (2): 85–122. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- ^ Sachdeva, Rajesh (2001). Language Education in Nagaland: Sociolinguistic Dimensions. Regency Publications. ISBN 9788187498339.
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