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.