Native to Nagaland, India ISO 639-3 yim | Native speakers 92,000 (2001 census) Glottolog yimc1240 | |
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Region West-central Nagaland, Workha district Language family Sino-Tibetan
Ao
Yimchungrü | ||
Yimchungrü (Yimchungrü Naga), also Yachumi (Yatsumi), is an endangered Ao language spoken in northeast India by the Yimchunger Naga people. It is spoken between Namchik and Patkoi in Tuensang district, northern Nagaland, India.
Yimchungrü is part of the Ao family of the Sino-Tibetan languages. Yimchungrü is severely endangered, meaning it is a language at a very high risk of extinction this century. The number of speakers is about 90,000 people.
Dialects
Ethnologue lists the following dialects of Yimchungrü.
The Minir, Pherrongre, and Yimchungru dialects are spoken in the south.
References
Yimchungrü language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA