Tangsa language

Tangsa
𖪰𖩵𖪂𖪫𖩸
The word 'Gehay' (Dog) in Tangsa script
Native toBurma, India
EthnicityTangsa people
Native speakers
110,000 (2010-2012)[1]
Sino-Tibetan
Dialects
  • Muklom
  • Pangwa Naga
  • Ponthai
  • Tikhak
Latin alphabet, Tangsa alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
nst – Tangsa (multiple varieties)
nqq – Kyan-Karyaw
nlq – Lao Naga
Glottologtang1379  Tangsa
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Tangsa, also known as Tase and Tase Naga, is a Sino-Tibetan language or language cluster spoken by the Tangsa people of Burma and north-eastern India. Some varieties, such as Shangge (Shanke[2]), are likely distinct languages. There are about 60,000 speakers in Burma and 40,000 speakers in India. The dialects of Tangsa have disparate levels of lexical similarity, ranging from 35%–97%.[3]

  1. ^ Tangsa (multiple varieties) at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
    Kyan-Karyaw at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
    Lao Naga at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Shintani, Tadahiko. 2015. The Shanke language. Linguistic survey of Tay cultural area (LSTCA) no. 104. Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA).
  3. ^ "Myanmar". Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-10-10.