Koki language
| Koki | |
|---|---|
| Koki Naga | |
| Native to | Burma |
Native speakers | 2,000 (2004)[1] |
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Sino-Tibetan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
nxk |
| Glottolog | None |
Koki (Konke, Kokak), or Koki Naga, is an unclassified Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Burma. Speakers are included under the wider Naga ethnicity.
Classification
Koki is currently unclassified within Tibeto-Burman. Ethnologue (21st edition) notes that Koki shares 19%–32% lexical similarity with Tangkhul Naga [ntx] in Myanmar, 23% with Akyaung Ari Naga [nqy], and 22%–24% with Jejara Naga [pzn].
Distribution
It is spoken in 10 villages of southern Leshi Township, Hkamti District, Sagaing Region, Myanmar.
References
- ↑ Koki at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Barkman, Tiffany. 2014. A descriptive grammar of Jejara (Para Naga). MA thesis, Chiang Mai: Payap University.
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