From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Leinong Naga language)
Lainong
Htangan
Native to Burma
Ethnicity Lainong Naga
Native speakers
22,617 (Sainyiu, Anui) (2022)
Sino-Tibetan
Language codes
ISO 639-3 lzn
Glottolog lein1237

Lainong Naga, or Htang Ngan, is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Burma. Lainong Naga is spoken in about 32 villages of Lahe Township and northwestern Hkamti Township, Naga Self-Administered Zone (formerly administered as part of Hkamti District), Sagaing Division, Myanmar ( Ethnologue). Dialects are Zëūdiāng.

The Lainong Naga dialects share 89%–100% lexical similarity. [1] Lainong Naga is 69%–75% lexically similar with Ponyo-Gongwang Naga, 62%–67% with Khiamniungan Naga, and 37%–41% with Lao variety of Konyak Naga. [1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Myanmar". Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-10-10.

Sources