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Long Phuri language

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Native to
  
Burma

ISO 639-3
  
lpn

Native speakers
  
1,000 (2004)

Glottolog
  
long1375

Language family
  
Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) (unclassified Naga language) Long Phuri

Long Phuri, or Long Phuri Naga (Amimi Naga, Longpfuri, Longpfuru, Mimi), is an unclassified Naga language of Burma. It is not close to other Naga languages which it has been compared to, though Long Phuri Naga, Makuri Naga, and Para Naga may be closest to each other.

Long Phuri is spoken in 6 villages of Leshi Township, Hkamti District, Sagaing Region, Myanmar.

References

Long Phuri language Wikipedia