Kuki-Chin–Naga languages
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Geographic language cluster
| Kuki-Chin-Naga | |
|---|---|
| (geographic / cultural) | |
| Geographic distribution | South Asia and Southeast Asia |
| Linguistic classification | Sino-Tibetan |
| Subdivisions | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | Zo1245 |
Languages
[edit ]The established branches are:
- Kuki-Chin
- Naga
- Ao, in north-central Nagaland
- Angami–Pochuri, in southern Nagaland
- Tangkhul-Maring, in eastern Manipur
- Zeme, in northwestern Manipur
- Northwestern / Southern Naga
- Meitei, the official language of Manipur
- Karbi, in Karbi Anglong, Central Assam
The Konyak languages of Nagaland, also spoken by ethnic Naga, are not grouped within Kuki-Chin–Naga, but rather within Brahmaputran (Sal).
Ethnologue adds Koki, Long Phuri, Makuri, and Para, all unclassified, and all distant from other Naga languages they have been compared to. Koki is perhaps closest to (or one of) the Tangkhulic languages, and the other three may belong together.
Classification
[edit ]Scott DeLancey (2015)[1] considers Kuki-Chin–Naga to be part of a wider Central Tibeto-Burman group.
The following is a preliminary internal classification of the Kuki-Chin–Naga languages by Hsiu (2021).[2]
- Northern Kuki-Chin-Naga linguistic area (linkage)
- Greater Central Naga
- Makury
- Long Phuri
- Para (Jejara)
- Central Naga
- Angami-Pochuri
- Greater Central Naga
- Southern Kuki-Chin-Naga branch
- Greater Zeme ("Western Naga")
- Greater Tangkhulic
- Maring, Khoibu (Uipo)
- Kokak
- Suansu (?)
- Kuki-Chin
- Northwestern ("Old Kuki")
- Northeastern ("Northern")
- Central
- Maraic
- Southern
- Khomic
References
[edit ]- ^ DeLancey, Scott. 2015. "Morphological Evidence for a Central Branch of Trans-Himalayan (Sino-Tibetan)." Cahiers de linguistique - Asie oriental 44(2):122-149. December 2015. doi:10.1163/19606028-00442p02
- ^ Hsiu, Andrew (2021). "Kuki-Chin-Naga". Sino-Tibetan Branches Project. Retrieved 2024年09月17日.
Reconstructions
- Bruhn, Daniel W. 2014. A phonological reconstruction of Proto-Central Naga . Ph.D. Dissertation, University of California, Berkeley.
- Mortensen, David R. 2012. Database of Tangkhulic Languages. (unpublished ms. contributed to STEDT).
- VanBik, Kenneth. 2009. Proto-Kuki-Chin: A reconstructed ancestor of the Kuki-Chin languages . STEDT Monograph Series 8. Berkeley, CA: STEDT.
- Khoi Lam Thang. 2001. A phonological reconstruction of Proto Chin . M.A. Dissertation, Payap University.
- Button, Christopher. 2011. Proto Northern Chin . STEDT Monograph Series 10. Berkeley, CA: STEDT.
External links
[edit ]- Kuki-Chin-Naga Archived 2020年10月22日 at the Wayback Machine (Sino-Tibetan Branches Project)
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