Tangsa language

Tangsa
Tase
Native to Burma, India
Ethnicity Tangsa people
Native speakers
 110,000 (2001 census – 2012)[1]
Sino-Tibetan
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Variously:
nst – Tangsa (multiple varieties)
nqq – Kyan-Karyaw
nlq – Lao Naga
Glottolog tase1235  (Tase Naga)[2]

Tangsa, also Tase and Tase Naga, is a Sino-Tibetan languages or language cluster spoken by the Tangsa people of Burma and north-eastern India. Some varieties, such as Shangge, are likely distinct languages. There are about 60,000 speakers in Burma and 40,000 speakers in India.

Geographical distribution

Tangsa is spoken in the following locations of Myanmar (Ethnologue).

In India, Tangsa is spoken in Arunachal Pradesh and Assam. Below are locations for some varieties of Tangsa.

Dialects

Ethnologue lists the following dialects of Tase (Tangsa), some of which may actually be separate, mutually unintelligible languages.

  • Bote (Bongtai, Butay, Hteinpa, Nokpa, Nukpa)
  • Chamchang (Kimsing)
  • Champhang (Thamphang)
  • Chuyo (Wanggu, Wangoo)
  • Gaha (Halum)
  • Gakat (Wakka, Wanga)
  • Gaqchan (Gashan)
  • Gawkchung (Kochong)
  • Henchin (Sanching, Shangchein)
  • Kaisan (Kyetsan)
  • Khalak (Hkalak)
  • Lakki (Lakai)
  • Lama
  • Lochang (Lanchein, Langshin)
  • Lumnu
  • Lungri
  • Moshang (Mawshang)
  • Miku (Maihku)
  • Mitay (Maitai)
  • Mungre (Mawrang, Morang)
  • Nahen (Nahim, Nahin)
  • Ngaimong (Maimong, Ngaimau)
  • Pingku (Pyengoo)
  • Ranchi (Rangchein)
  • Rasa
  • Rara
  • Ranu, Ringkhu (Rangkhu)
  • Sansik (Sheiknyo, Siknyo, Sikpo)
  • Shangti (Sangtai, Shangthi)
  • Shangwan (Changwan, Shangwal, Shawvel)
  • Shekyü (Sangche, Sanke, Shaekjeng, Shaekyeu)
  • Shokra (Sawkrang, Shaukra, Shograng)
  • Toke (Tawkay)
  • Yangno
  • Chamkok (Tamko, Thamkok)
  • Cholim (Tawlum, Tulim, Tulum)
  • Hachum (Chumnyu, Chumsa, Gachung)
  • Hakhun (Gakhun)
  • Hacheng (Hakyai)
  • Haman (Gaman)
  • Hapaw
  • Hasik (Awla, Awlay, Laju)
  • Kumka (Kum Ga, Kumga)
  • Rera (Ronrang)
  • Asen (Aasen, Hansin, Raqsa, Yasa)
  • Hakhü (Gakhi, Hachi, Hakhii, Hatse)
  • Hokuq
  • Jöngi (Dongai, Donghee, Dongi)
  • Kon (Chawang, Kyawan, Yawngkon, Yongkon)
  • Kotlum (Kawlum)
  • Lonyung (Galawn, Galun)
  • Lungkhi (Longkhai)
  • Maitai (Meitei, Mitay)
  • Riha (Lulum)

Kyan and Karyaw, two closely related Konyak speech varieties, as well as Lao (Law, Loh) Naga, are reportedly similar to the Chuyo and Gakat dialects (Ethnologue).

Alternate names for Tase (Tangsa) given in Ethnologue include:

  • Haimi
  • Hawa
  • Heimi
  • Kuwa
  • Pangmi
  • Pangwa
  • Rangpan
  • Rangpang
  • Tangshang
  • Tangwa
  • Tase

References

  1. ↑ Tangsa (multiple varieties) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Kyan-Karyaw at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Lao Naga at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Tase Naga". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. ↑ Rekhung, Winlang. 1988. Jugli Language Guide. Itanagar: Directorate of Research, Government of Arunachal Pradesh.
  4. ↑ Rekhung, Winlang. 1988. Lungchang Language Guide. Itanagar: Directorate of Research, Government of Arunachal Pradesh.
  5. ↑ Rekhung, Winlang. 1992. Tutsa Language Guide. Itanagar: Directorate of Research, Government of Arunachal Pradesh.
  6. ↑ Rekhung, Winlang. 1999. Mungshang Language Guide. Itanagar: Directorate of Research, Government of Arunachal Pradesh.
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