Chokri language
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- Chokri leads here. For Arabic-based name Chokri, see Shukri
Chokri | |
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Native to | India |
Region | Nagaland |
Ethnicity | Chakhesang Naga |
Native speakers | 111,062 (2011 census)[1] |
Sino-Tibetan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | nri |
Glottolog | chok1243 |
Chokri, (also known as Chakru, Chakhesang and Eastern Angami) is one of three languages spoken by the Chakhesang Naga of Phek district, Nagaland state, India.[2] Cheswezumi is the most important Chokri village in Nagaland. There are also some Chokri speakers residing in Senapati district, Manipur.[2] In 1991, it was estimated that there were 20,000 native Chokri speakers.[3]
Phonology[edit]
Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Alveolo-palatal | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||
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plain | lateral | |||||||||
Nasal | voiceless | m | ɱ | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||||
voiced | m̥ | n̥ | ||||||||
Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | q | |||||
aspirated | pʰ | tʰ | kʰ | qʰ | ||||||
voiced | b | d | ɡ | |||||||
Affricate | voiceless | p͡f | t͡s | t͡ɕ | ||||||
aspirated | t͡sʰ | t͡ɕʰ | ||||||||
voiced | d͡z | d͡ʑ | ||||||||
Fricative | voiceless | s | ɕ | χ | h | |||||
voiced | β | v | z | ʑ | ɣ | ʁ | ||||
Approximant | voiceless | ɻ̊ | l̥ | |||||||
voiced | ɻ | l |
Script[edit]
The Chokri language is largely written in the Latin script.[4]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011". www.censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Chokri language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Bielenberg, Brian; Zhalie, Nienu (Fall 2001). "Chokri (Phek Dialect): Phonetics and Phonology" (PDF). Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area. 24 (2): 85–122. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- ↑ Sachdeva, Rajesh (2001). Language Education in Nagaland: Sociolinguistic Dimensions. Regency Publications. ISBN 9788187498339.