Bangni-Tagin language

Tagin (Tagen), also known as West Dafla and Bangni (incl. Na) is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in India.^[2]

NativetoIndia, China

RegionArunachal Pradesh , Tibet

Native speakers

62,897 (2011 census)^[1]

Language family

Sino-Tibetan

• Tani
  • Western Tani
    • Subansiri
      • Bangni-Tagin

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Bangni-Tagin
Native to	India, China
Region	Arunachal Pradesh , Tibet
Native speakers	62,897 (2011 census)[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Tani Western Tani Subansiri Bangni-Tagin
Dialects	Tagin Bangni (incl. Na)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously: tgj – Tagin nbt – Na njz – Nyishi (partial: Bangni dialect)
Glottolog	tagi1241  Tagin naaa1245  Na bang1338  Bangni, docked to retired code
Bangni and Tagin are both classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger.

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Stuart Blackburn states that the 350 speakers of Mra have "always been, wrongly, subsumed under the administrative label of Tagin."^{[citation needed]} It is not clear whether Mra is therefore a distinct dialect of Bangni-Tagin, or a different Tani language altogether.