Leinong language
(Redirected from Lainong language)
| Lainong | |
|---|---|
| Htangan | |
| Native to | Burma |
| Ethnicity | Lainong Naga |
Native speakers | 22,617 (Sainyiu, Anui) (2022) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | lzn |
Lainong Naga, or Htang Ngan, is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Burma. Lainong Naga is spoken in about 32 villages of Lahe Township and northwestern Hkamti Township, Naga Self-Administered Zone (formerly administered as part of Hkamti District), Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Ethnologue). Dialects are Zëūdiāng.
The Lainong Naga dialects share 89%–100% lexical similarity.[1] Lainong Naga is 69%–75% lexically similar to Ponyo-Gongwang Naga, 62%–67% with Khiamniungan Naga, and 37%–41% with Lao variety of Konyak Naga.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Myanmar". Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-10-10.
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