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Tangsa language

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Native to
  
Burma, India

Glottolog
  
tase1235  (Tase Naga)

Ethnicity
  
Tangsa people

Native speakers
  
110,000 (2001 census – 2012)

Language family
  
Sino-Tibetan Brahmaputran Konyak Tangsa–Nocte Tangsa

ISO 639-3
  
Variously: nst – Tangsa (multiple varieties) nqq – Kyan-Karyaw nlq – Lao Naga

Tangsa, also Tase and Tase Naga, is a Sino-Tibetan languages or language cluster spoken by the Tangsa people of Burma and north-eastern India. Some varieties, such as Shangge, are likely distinct languages. There are about 60,000 speakers in Burma and 40,000 speakers in India.

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Geographical distribution

Tangsa is spoken in the following locations of Myanmar (Ethnologue).

  • Hkamti District, Sagaing Division: Nanyun, Pangsau, Lahe, and Hkamti townships
  • Myitkyina District, Kachin State: Shinbwiyan and Tanai townships

    • In India, Tangsa is spoken in Arunachal Pradesh and Assam. Below are locations for some varieties of Tangsa.

  • Jugli: Kantang, Longlung, and Rangran villages, central Tirap District, Arunachal (Rekhung 1988)
  • Lungchang: Changlang, Rangkatu, and Kengkhu villages, eastern Tirap District, Arunachal (Rekhung 1988)
  • Tutsa: Sabban area, Changlang Subdivision, western Changlang District (also in southeastern Tirap District), Arunachal (Rekhung 1992)
  • Mungshang: Nayang village, Miao area & Theremkan village, Nampong circle, Changlang District, Arunachal (Rekhung 1999)

    • Dialects

    Ethnologue lists the following dialects of Tase (Tangsa), some of which may actually be separate, mutually unintelligible languages.

    Kyan and Karyaw, two closely related Konyak speech varieties, as well as Lao (Law, Loh) Naga, are reportedly similar to the Chuyo and Gakat dialects (Ethnologue).

    Alternate names for Tase (Tangsa) given in Ethnologue include:

    References

    Tangsa language Wikipedia
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