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Bangni-Tagin language

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Bangni-Tagin
RegionAssam
Native speakers
63,000 (2001–2007)[1]
Sino-Tibetan
  • Tani
    • Western Tani
      • Subansiri
        • Bangni-Tagin
Dialects
  • Tagin
  • Bangni (incl. Na)
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
tgj – Tagin
nbt – Na
njz – Nyishi (partial: Bangni dialect)
Glottologtagi1241  Tagin
naaa1245  Na
bang1338  Bangni, docked to retired code

Tagin (Tagen), also known as West Dafla, and Bangni (incl. Na) are a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in India.[2]

Stuart Blackburn states that the 350 speakers of Mra have "always been, wrongly, subsumed under the administrative label of Tagin."[citation needed] It is not clear if Mra is therefore a distinct dialect of Bangni-Tagin, or a different Tani language altogether.

References

  1. ^ Tagin at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Na at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Nyishi (partial: Bangni dialect) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Post, Mark W. (2013). Defoliating the Tani Stammbaum: An exercise in areal linguistics. Paper presented at the 13th Himalayan Languages Symposium. Canberra, Australian National University, Aug 9.