Yimkhiungrü language

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Yimkhiungrü
Yachumi
Native toNagaland, India
RegionShamator and Kiphire districts of Nagaland
EthnicityYimkhiung Naga
Native speakers
83,259 (2011 census)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3yim
Glottologyimc1240

Yimkhiungrü, also Yachumi (Yatsumi) in Sümi, is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in northeast India by the Yimkhiung Naga people. It is spoken between Namchik and Patkoi in Shamator District, eastern Nagaland, India. Yimkhiungrü language has more than 100,000 speakers and is used in over 100 villages and towns. [2]

Dialects[edit]

Ethnologue lists the following dialects of Yimchungrü.

References[edit]

  1. "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. Yimkhiungrü language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

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