Pangwa Naga
Pangwa Naga is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in India and Myanmar. Glottolog rates it threatened.
See it on the globeOpen in the family tree
Tangsa, also known as Tase and Tase Naga, is a Sino-Tibetan language or language cluster spoken by the Tangsa people of Burma and north-eastern India. Some varieties, such as Shangge (Shanke), are likely distinct languages. There are about 60,000 speakers in Burma and 40,000 speakers in India. The dialects of Tangsa have disparate levels of lexical similarity, ranging from 35%–97%.
From Wikipedia · Tangsa language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Pangwa Naga
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| eye | mak* | |
| ear | na* | |
| tooth | va* | |
| tongue | lali* | |
| hand | yokpha* | |
| blood | tagri* | |
| bone | araN* | |
| skin | akru* | |
| knee | lonk3* | |
| water | kham | |
| fire | var* | |
| sun | roNSar* | |
| star | risi* | |
| stone | luN* | |
| tree | baN* | |
| leaf | nayok* | |
| dog | guihen* | |
| fish | Na* | |
| louse | thik* | |
| one | äshiz | |
| two | ani* | |
| I | ngiz | |
| you | ümznäq | |
| we | nisi* | |
| drink | niN* | |
| see | khi* | |
| die | ti* | |
| come | kalo* | |
| hello | äshazhoix | |
| path | lam* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Nocte NagaSino-Tibetan43% alike
- Tutsa NagaSino-Tibetan32% alike
- Wancho NagaSino-Tibetan30% alike
- HmarSino-Tibetan26% alike
- MoyonSino-Tibetan26% alike
- KachinSino-Tibetan26% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
Glottolog · tase1235 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · nst