Bangni-Tagin language

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Bangni-Tagin
Native to India, China
Region Arunachal Pradesh , Tibet
Native speakers
62,897 (2011 census) [1]
Sino-Tibetan
  • Tani
    • Western Tani
      • Subansiri
        • Bangni-Tagin
Dialects
  • Tagin
  • Bangni (incl. Na)
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Variously:
tgj   Tagin
nbt   Na
njz   Nyishi (partial: Bangni dialect)
Glottolog tagi1241   Tagin
naaa1245   Na
bang1338   Bangni, docked to retired code
Lang Status 80-VU.svg
Bangni and Tagin are both classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger .

Tagin (Tagen), also known as West Dafla and Bangni (incl. Na) is 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 whether Mra is therefore a distinct dialect of Bangni-Tagin, or a different Tani language altogether.

References

  1. "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.
  2. Post, Mark W. (2013). Defoliating the Tani Stammbaum: An exercise in areal linguistics . Retrieved 2 February 2020 via academia.edu. Paper presented at the 13th Himalayan Languages Symposium. Canberra, Australian National University, 9 August 2013.