Chang (Changyanguh), or Mochungrr,
is a
Northern Naga language
The Konyak languages, or alternatively the Konyakian or Northern Naga languages, is a branch of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken by various Naga peoples in southeastern Arunachal Pradesh and northeastern Nagaland states of northeastern India. The ...
of northeastern
India
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. It is spoken in 36 villages of
Tuensang District in east-central
Nagaland
Nagaland () is a landlocked States and union territories of India, state in the northeast India, northeastern region of India. It is bordered by the Indian states of Arunachal Pradesh to the north, Assam to the west, Manipur to the south and the ...
(''Ethnologue''). ''Ethnologue'' reports that the Tuensang village dialect is the central speech variety that is intelligible to all Chang speakers.
References
{{Languages of Northeast India
Languages of Nagaland
Sal languages
Endangered languages of India