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Pochuri language

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Native to
  
India

Ethnicity
  
Pochuri Naga

Dialects
  
Pochuri Maluri

Region
  
Nagaland

Native speakers
  
17,000 (2001 census)

Language family
  
Sino-Tibetan Angami–Pochuri Pochuri Pochuri

Pochuri, or Pochuri Naga, is an Angami–Pochuri language spoken in Nagaland, India.

According to Ethnologue, Pochuri is spoken in 27 villages of Meluri subdivision, Phek district, southeastern Nagaland. There are also some speakers in Ukhrul district, Manipur (Ethnologue).

Maluri (Meluri), which is often considered a dialect of Pochuri, may be a distinct language.

References

Pochuri language Wikipedia