The Angami–Pochuri languages are a small family of

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

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

Languages

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

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* 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