Tangsa language

Tangsa
Tangsa
𖪰𖩵𖪂𖪫𖩸
	The word 'Gehay' (Dog) in Tangsa script
Native to	Burma, India
Ethnicity	Tangsa people
Native speakers	110,000 (2010-2012)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Brahmaputran Konyak Tangsa–Nocte Tangsa; ; ; ;
Dialects	Muklom; Pangwa Naga; Ponthai; Tikhak;
Writing system	Latin alphabet, Tangsa alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously:; nst – Tangsa (multiple varieties); nqq – Kyan-Karyaw; nlq – Lao Naga
Glottolog	tang1379 Tangsa

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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^[2]), 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%.^[3]

^ Tangsa (multiple varieties) at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
Kyan-Karyaw at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
Lao Naga at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
^ Shintani, Tadahiko. 2015. The Shanke language. Linguistic survey of Tay cultural area (LSTCA) no. 104. Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA).
^ "Myanmar". Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-10-10.

[e25-1] Tangsa (multiple varieties) at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
Kyan-Karyaw at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
Lao Naga at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

[2] Shintani, Tadahiko. 2015. The Shanke language. Linguistic survey of Tay cultural area (LSTCA) no. 104. Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA).

[:0-3] "Myanmar". Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-10-10.

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