Northwestern Kuki-Chin languages

Branch of Kuki-Chin-Naga languages From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Northwestern Kuki-Chin languages, originally called Old Kuki languages, is a branch of Kuki-Chin languages.[1][2]

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Northwestern Kuki-Chin
Old Kuki
Geographic
distribution
Northeast India
EthnicityOld Kukis and Nagas
Linguistic classificationSino-Tibetan
Language codes
Glottologoldk1252
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Most speakers identify as part of tribes traditionally grouped as Old Kukis, but some identify as Nagas. Andrew Hsiu (2019) also uses the label "Southern Naga" for Northwestern Kuki-Chin languages.[3][better source needed]

Languages

Scott DeLancey et al. (2015) and Graham Thurgood (2016) list the following languages as Northwestern Kuki-Chin.

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