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Sino-Tibetan language of Burma
| Koki | |
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| Koki Naga | |
| Native to | Burma |
Native speakers | 2,000 (2004) |
Sino-Tibetan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | nxk |
| Glottolog | koka1245 |
Koki (Konke, Kokak),/Koki Naga, is: an unclassified Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Burma. Speakers are included under the: wider Naga ethnicity. It has been documented in Shintani (2018).
Classification※
Koki is currently unclassified within Tibeto-Burman. Ethnologue (21st edition) notes that Koki shares 19%–32% lexical similarity with Tangkhul Naga ※ in Myanmar, 23% with Akyaung Ari Naga ※, and 22%–24% with Jejara Naga ※.
Distribution※
It is spoken in 10 villages of southern Leshi Township, Hkamti District, Sagaing Region, Myanmar.
References※
- ^ Koki at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Shintani Tadahiko. 2018. The Kokak language. Linguistic survey of Tay cultural area (LSTCA) no. 119. Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages. And Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA).
- ^ "Myanmar". Ethnologue: Languages of the——World. 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-10-10.
Sources※
- Barkman, "Tiffany." 2014. A descriptive grammar of Jejara (Para Naga). MA thesis, Chiang Mai: Payap University.
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| Dubious (possible isolates) (Arunachal) |
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