Yimkhiungrü is a
Sino-Tibetan language spoken in northeast
India
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by the
Yimkhiung Naga people. It is spoken between Namchik and Patkoi in
Shamator District,
Nagaland
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, India. Yimkhiungrü language has more than 100,000 speakers and is used in over 100 villages and towns.
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Dialects
''Ethnologue
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'' lists the following dialects of Yimchungrü:[
* Tikhir
* Wai
* Chirr
* Minir
* Phanungru
* Langa
]
Phonology
Additionally, the following diphthongs have been observed: /ie/, /ou/.
References
Further reading
*Kumar, Braj Bihari. (1973). ''Hindi–Yimchungrü–English dictionary.'' Kohima, India: Nagaland Bhasha Parishad.
*(2004). Where on earth do they speak Naga, Yimchungru? Retrieved from http://www.verbix.com/maps/language/NagaYimchungru.html
External links
Yimchungrü Naga Profile at the Endangered Languages ProjectProfile on Naga, Yimchungru
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Ao languages
Languages of Nagaland
Endangered languages of India
Endangered Sino-Tibetan languages