Northwestern Kuki-Chin languages

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Northwestern Kuki-Chin
Old Kuki
Geographic
distribution
Northeast India
Ethnicity Old Kukis and Nagas
Linguistic classification Sino-Tibetan
Language codes
Glottolog oldk1252

The Northwestern Kuki-Chin languages, originally called Old Kuki languages, is a branch of Kuki-Chin languages. [1] [2]

Contents

Most speakers identify as part of tribes traditionally grouped as Old Kukis, but some identify as Nagas. Andrew Hsiu (2019) also uses the label "Southern Naga" for Northwestern Kuki-Chin languages. [3] [ better source needed ]

Languages

Scott DeLancey et al. (2015) and Graham Thurgood (2016) list the following languages as Northwestern Kuki-Chin.

References

  1. DeLancey, Scott; Krishna Boro; Linda Konnerth; Amos Teo, Tibeto-Burman Languages of the Indo-Myanmar borderland. 31st South Asian Languages Analysis Roundtable, 14 May 2015.
  2. Thurgood, Graham (2016), "Sino-Tibetan: Genetic and Areal Subgroups", in Graham Thurgood; Randy J. LaPolla (eds.), The Sino-Tibetan Languages (2 ed.), Taylor & Francis, pp. 22–23, ISBN   9781315399492
  3. Andrew Hsiu. "Kuki-Chin-Naga languages". Sino-Tibetan Branches Project. Archived from the original on 20 April 2019.

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