Yimchungrü language
| Yimchungrü | |
|---|---|
| Yachumi | |
| Native to | Nagaland, India |
| Region | Eastern and some parts of Western Nagaland, Tuensang and Dimapur districts |
| Ethnicity | Yimchunger Naga |
Native speakers | 83,259 (2011 census)[1] |
|
Sino-Tibetan
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
yim |
| Glottolog |
yimc1240[2] |
Yimchungrü (Yimchungrü Naga), also Yachumi (Yatsumi) in Sema, is a Sino-Tibetan language of the Ao branch spoken in northeast India by the Yimchunger Naga people. It is spoken between Namchik and Patkoi in Tuensang district, northern Nagaland, India. Yimchungrü is spoken by around 80,000 people in about 100 villages.[3]
Dialects
Ethnologue lists the following dialects of Yimchungrü.
- Tikhir
- Longphur
- Chirr
- Makory
- Phanungru
- Langa
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). "Yimchungru Naga". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑
Page text.[1]
Further reading
- Kumar, Braj Bihari. (1973). Hindi–Yimchungrü–English dictionary. Kohima, India: Nagaland Bhasha Parishad.
- (2004). Where on earth do they speak Naga, Yimchungru? Retrieved from http://www.verbix.com/maps/language/NagaYimchungru.html
External links
- ↑ , additionaltext.
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