The Angami–Pochuri languages are a small family of

Sino-Tibetan languages Sino-Tibetan, also cited as Trans-Himalayan in a few sources, is a family of more than 400 languages, second only to Indo-European in number of native speakers. The vast majority of these are the 1.3 billion native speakers of Chinese languages ...

spoken in southern

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and Northern Manipur of northeast

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. Conventionally classified as "Naga", they are not clearly related to other

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, and are conservatively classified as an independent branch of Sino-Tibetan, pending further research. Coupe (2012) considers the

Ao languages The Ao or Central Naga languages are a small family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken by various Naga peoples of Nagaland in northeast India. Conventionally classified as "Naga", they are not clearly related to other Naga languages, and are con ...

to be most closely related to Angami–Pochuri as part of a wider ''Angami–Ao'' group.

Languages

The Angami languages are: * Angami *

Chokri :''Chokri leads here. For Arabic-based name Chokri, see Shukri'' Chokri, (also known as Chakrü, Chakhesang and Eastern Angami) is one of three languages spoken by the Chakhesang Naga of Phek district, Nagaland Nagaland () is a landlocked ...

(Chakri, Chakhesang) * Kheza * Sopvoma (Mao) * Poula (Poumai) The Pochuri languages are: * Pochuri–Meluri * Ntenyi (Northern Rengma) *

Rengma Rengma is a Naga tribe found in Nagaland and Assam states of India. According to the 2011 Census of India, the population of Rengmas in Nagaland stands at 62,951 and the population of Rengmas in Assam is around 22,000. Tseminyü District is th ...

* Sumi (Sema) Rengma–Simi might form a third branch according to Burling (2003).

References

* George van Driem (2001) ''Languages of the Himalayas: An Ethnolinguistic Handbook of the Greater Himalayan Region.'' Brill. Languages of India {{st-lang-stub