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Tangkhul–Maring languages

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Tangkhul–Maring
Geographic
distribution
Nagaland
Linguistic classificationSino-Tibetan
Subdivisions
Language codes
Glottologtang1335

The Naga–Maring languages are a putative small family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in eastern Manipur of northeast India and Southwestern Sagaing in Myanmar. Conventionally classified as "Naga", they are not clearly related to other Naga languages, and are conservatively classified as an independent branch of Sino-Tibetan, pending further research.

Languages

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Tangkhulic languages include:

The Maringic languages are:

References

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  • George van Driem (2001) Languages of the Himalayas: An Ethnolinguistic Handbook of the Greater Himalayan Region. Brill.