Chokri language
- Chokri leads here. For Arabic-based name Chokri, see Shukri
Chokri | |
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Native to | India |
Region | Nagaland |
Ethnicity | Chakhesang Naga |
Native speakers | 111,062 (2011 census)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
nri |
Glottolog |
chok1243 [2] |
Chokri, (also known as Chakru, Chakhesang and Eastern Angami) is one of three languages spoken by the Chakhesang Naga of Phek district, Nagaland state, India.[3] Cheswezumi is main Chokri village in Nagaland. There are also some Chokri speakers located in Senapati district, Manipur.[3] In 1991 it was estimated there were 20,000 native Chokri speakers.[4]
Phonology
Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Alveolo-palatal | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||
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plain | lateral | |||||||||
Nasal | voiceless | m | ɱ | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||||
voiced | m̥ | n̥ | ||||||||
Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | q | |||||
aspirated | pʰ | tʰ | kʰ | qʰ | ||||||
voiced | b | d | ɡ | |||||||
Affricate | voiceless | p͡f | t͡s | t͡ɕ | ||||||
aspirated | t͡sʰ | t͡ɕʰ | ||||||||
voiced | d͡z | d͡ʑ | ||||||||
Fricative | voiceless | s | ɕ | χ | h | |||||
voiced | β | v | z | ʑ | ɣ | ʁ | ||||
Approximant | voiceless | ɻ̊ | l̥ | |||||||
voiced | ɻ | l |
Script
The Chokri language is largely written in the Latin script.[5]
References
- ↑ "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 2018-07-07.
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Chokri Naga". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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- 1 2 Bielenberg, Brian; Zhalie, Nienu (Fall 2001). "Chokri (Phek Dialect): Phonetics and Phonology" (PDF). Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area. 24 (2): 85–122. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- ↑ Sachdeva, Rajesh (2001). Language Education in Nagaland: Sociolinguistic Dimensions. Regency Publications. ISBN 9788187498339.
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