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Lainong Naga

Lainong Naga is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Myanmar.

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Lainong Naga · 26.4°N 95.4°E

Lainong Naga, or Htangan, 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. Lainong Naga is 69%–75% lexically similar to Ponyo-Gongwang Naga, 62%–67% with Khiamniungan Naga, and 37%–41% with Lao variety of Konyak Naga.

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Words in Lainong Naga

MeaningWordRomanization
personmi*
name5ian*
eye5iu*
earn3uthok*
nose5enkoN*
toothh3u*
tongueli*
handZi*
bloodzai*
boneokio*
skin3an*
kneehuakio*
breast5io*
liver3Sian*
watertom*
firevan*
staragin*
stoneluaN*
mountainkui5*
treegai*
leaf3Zi*
nighta5i*
dogZi*
fishN3uS3u*
lousehiu*
onezak*
twoni*
INwa*
youmin*
wesam*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

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Vocabulary

Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.

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