Tangsa language
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Name (Latin)
Tangsa language
Other forms of name
Chem Chang language
Rangpan language
Tangsa Naga language
Tangsas language
Tase language
Tasey language
Tengsa language
Tensa language
See Also From tracing topical name
Naga languages
See Also From tracing place name
Burma
India
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q56350
Library of congress:
sh 85132278
Sources of Information
- Rekhung, W. Lungchang language guide, 1988.
- Lesser known lang. of India and Nepal:p. 145 (Naga-Tengsa; Tibetan family, spoken in Assam) p. 183 (Tangsas; Tibetan family, spoken in Assam; Nagaland)
- Voegelin lang.:p. 82, under Bodo-Naga-Kachin group (specially under the Naga group; is the Naga=Northern Naga=Tangsa languages. Under this group is listed a Tangsa dialect called Lungchang dialect) p. 246, under Northern Naga (Tensa)
- Ethnologue:p. 480, under India (is listed as Naga, Tangsa (Rangpan, Tasey, Chem Chang) spoken in northern Nagaland. Lungchang is shown as one of the dialects of Naga, Tangsa; also in Burma. Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Karen, Tibeto-Burman, Burmic, Kuki-Naga, Naga I.) p. 443, under Burma (Naga, Tangsa (Tangsa, Rangpan, Tase, Tasey, Chem Chang)
- Zograph. Languages of South Asia:p. 186, under the Naga languages (Tengsa language is listed with the central group)
Wikipedia description:
Tangsa, also known as Tase and Tase Naga, is a Sino-Tibetan language or language cluster spoken by the Tangsa people of Burma and north-eastern India. Some varieties, such as Shangge (Shanke), are likely distinct languages. There are about 60,000 speakers in Burma and 40,000 speakers in India. The dialects of Tangsa have disparate levels of lexical similarity, ranging from 35%–97%.
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