Koki language




























Koki
Koki Naga
Native to Burma
Native speakers
2,000 (2004)[1]
Language family

Sino-Tibetan

  • Tangkhulic?
    Ao?
    • Koki


Language codes
ISO 639-3 nxk
Glottolog None

Koki (Konke, Kokak), or Koki Naga, is an unclassified Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Burma. Speakers are included under the wider Naga ethnicity. It has been documented in Shintani (2018).[2]



Classification


Koki is currently unclassified within Tibeto-Burman. Ethnologue (21st edition) notes that Koki shares 19%–32% lexical similarity with Tangkhul Naga [ntx] in Myanmar, 23% with Akyaung Ari Naga [nqy], and 22%–24% with Jejara Naga [pzn].



Distribution


It is spoken in 10 villages of southern Leshi Township, Hkamti District, Sagaing Region, Myanmar.



References





  1. ^ Koki at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)


  2. ^ Shintani Tadahiko. 2018. The Kokak language. Linguistic survey of Tay cultural area (LSTCA) no. 119. Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA).



  • Barkman, Tiffany. 2014. A descriptive grammar of Jejara (Para Naga). MA thesis, Chiang Mai: Payap University.









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