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{{Infobox language family<br />
|name=Naga languages<br />
| fam2 = [[Tibeto-Burman]]<br />
| fam3 = [[Central Tibeto-Burman languages|Central Tibeto-Burman]] (?)<br />
| fam4 = [[Kuki-Chin–Naga languages|Kuki–Chin–Naga]]<br />
|acceptance=geographic / cultural<br />
|ethnicity=[[Naga people]]<br />
|region=[[India]], [[Myanmar]]<br />
|familycolor=Sino-Tibetan<br />
|child1=[[Angami–Pochuri languages|Angami–Pochuri]]<br />
|child2=[[Central Naga languages|Central Naga (Ao)]]<br />
|child3=[[Tangkhul-Maring languages|Tangkhul-Maring]]<br />
|child4=[[Zemeic languages|Western Naga (Zemeic)]]<br />
|glotto=naga1409<br />
|glottorefname=Naga<br />
}}<br />
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The '''Naga languages''' are a geographic and ethnic grouping of languages under the [[Kuki-Chin-Naga languages]], spoken mostly by [[Naga people]]s.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/naga1409|title= Naga Languages }}</ref><br />
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[[Konyak languages|Northern Naga]] languages do not fall within the group, in spite of being spoken by Naga groups; instead, these form part of the [[Sal languages]] within Sino-Tibetan,<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.ethnologue.com/17/subgroups/northern-naga/| title=Northern Naga Languages| access-date=2019-09-30| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812074747/http://www.ethnologue.com/17/subgroups/northern-naga/| archive-date=2019-08-12| url-status=dead}}</ref> while [[Southern Naga languages]] form a branch within [[Kuki-Chin languages]] subfamily.<ref>*Peterson, David. 2017. "On Kuki-Chin subgrouping." In Picus Sizhi Ding and Jamin Pelkey, eds. ''Sociohistorical linguistics in Southeast Asia: New horizons for Tibeto-Burman studies in honor of David Bradley'', 189-209. Leiden: Brill</ref><br />
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== Classification ==<br />
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=== Angami–Ao ===<br />
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==== Angami–Pochuri ====<br />
{{main|Angami-Pochuri languages}}<br />
The Angami-Pochuri languages:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/anga1286|title=Glottolog 4.0 - Angami-Pochuri|website=glottolog.org}}</ref><br />
*Angami:<br />
**[[Angami language|Angami]]<br />
**[[Chokri language|Chokri]] (Chokri Chakhesang) <br />
**[[Kuzhami language|Kuzhami]] (Kuzhami Chakhesang) <br />
**[[Sopvoma language|Mao]] (Sopvoma)<br />
**[[Poula language|Poula]] (Poumai)<br />
*Pochuri:<br />
**[[Pochuri language|Pochuri]]<br />
**[[Ntenyi language|Ntenyi]] (Northern Rengma)<br />
**[[Rengma language|Rengma]]<br />
**[[Sümi language|Sümi]] (Sema)<br />
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==== Central Naga (Ao) ====<br />
{{main|Ao languages}}<br />
The Central Naga languages:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/aoic1235|title=Glottolog 4.0 - Central Naga|website=glottolog.org}}</ref><br />
*[[Ao language]]<br />
**[[Chungli Ao language|Chungli Ao]]<br />
**[[Mongsen Ao language|Mongsen Ao]]<br />
**Changki<br />
**Dordar (Yacham)<br />
**Longla<br />
*[[Lotha language|Lotha]] (Lhota)<br />
*[[Sangtam language|Sangtam]] ('Thukumi')<br />
**Kizare<br />
**Pirr (Northern Sangtam)<br />
**Phelongre<br />
**Thukumi (Central Sangtam)<br />
**Photsimi<br />
**Purr (Southern Sangtam)<br />
*Yimchingric<br />
**[[Yimkhiungrü language|Yimkhiungrü]] ('Yachumi')<br />
***[[Tikhir language|Tikhir]]<br />
***[[Chirr language|Chirr]]<br />
***Phanungru<br />
***Langa<br />
**[[Para language|Para]]<br />
**Makuric<br />
***[[Makury language|Makury]]<br />
***[[Long Phuri language|Long Phuri]]<br />
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[[Koki language|Koki]] is a "Naga" language spoken in and around [[Leshi Township]], Myanmar that could possibly classify as [[Tangkhulic languages]] or [[Ao languages]].<br />
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=== Tangkhul-Maring ===<br />
{{main|Tangkhul-Maring languages}}<br />
The Tangkhul-Maring languages:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/tang1335|title=Glottolog 4.0 - Tangkhul-Maring|website=glottolog.org}}</ref><br />
*[[Tangkhulic languages|Tangkhulic]]<br />
**[[Tangkhul language|Tangkhul]] <br />
**[[Somra language|Somra]] <br />
**[[Akyaung Ari language|Akyaung Ari]]<br />
**[[Kachai language|Kachai]]<br />
**[[Huishu language|Huishu]]<br />
**[[Tusom language|Tusom]]<br />
*[[Maringic languages|Maringic]]<br />
**Khoibu<br />
**Maring<br />
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=== Western Naga (Zemeic) ===<br />
{{main|Zemeic languages}}<br />
The Western Naga (Zemeic) languages:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/zeme1241|title=Glottolog 4.0 - Zemeic|website=glottolog.org}}</ref><br />
*[[Zeme language|Zeme]] proper<br />
*[[Mzieme language|Mzieme]] (Northern Zeme)<br />
*[[Lianglad|Liangmai]]<br />
*[[Rongmei language|Rongmei]]<br />
*[[Inpui language|Inpui]] (Puiron)<br />
*[[Khoirao language|Khoirao]] (Thangal)<br />
*[[Maram language|Maram]]<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Northern Naga languages]]<br />
* [[Zakhring language]] <br />
* [[Nagamese Creole]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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{{Sino-Tibetan languages}}<br />
{{Kuki-Chin–Naga languages}}<br />
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[[Category:Naga people]]<br />
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