Angami Naga
Angami Naga is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in India. Glottolog rates it threatened.
See it on the globeOpen in the family tree
Angami, also called Tenyidie, is a Naga language spoken in the Naga Hills in the northeastern part of India, in Kohima district, Nagaland. In 2011, there is an estimate of 153,000 first language (L1) Angami speakers. Under the UNESCO's Language Vitality and Endangerment framework, Angami is at the level of "vulnerable", meaning that it is still spoken by most children, but "may be restricted to certain domains".
From Wikipedia · Angami language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Angami Naga
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | themie* | |
| name | theza* | |
| eye | umhi* | |
| ear | u5ie* | |
| nose | u5h3Ca* | |
| tooth | uhu* | |
| tongue | ume3* | |
| hand | ujie* | |
| blood | thezie* | |
| bone | uru* | |
| skin | z3* | |
| knee | ukeja* | |
| breast | nu* | |
| liver | usE* | |
| water | zu | |
| fire | mi* | |
| sun | nieki* | |
| star | them3* | |
| stone | keCie* | |
| mountain | kij3thu* | |
| tree | sibo* | |
| leaf | si5u* | |
| night | Z3* | |
| dog | tef3* | |
| fish | khuo* | |
| louse | terhi* | |
| one | puo* | |
| two | kenie* | |
| I | a* | |
| you | no* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Chokri NagaSino-Tibetan35% alike
- Northern Rengma NagaSino-Tibetan21% alike
- Southern Rengma NagaSino-Tibetan18% alike
- Khezha NagaSino-Tibetan16% alike
- Sumi NagaSino-Tibetan14% alike
- Thangal NagaSino-Tibetan14% alike
Grammar
- Peripheral MongolianMongolic-Khitan84% alike
- DefakaIjoid81% alike
- Chang NagaSino-Tibetan81% alike
- Rongmei NagaSino-Tibetan80% alike
- Lahu ShiSino-Tibetan80% alike
- Lotha NagaSino-Tibetan80% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
Glottolog · anga1288 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · njm