Naga Pidgin

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A language of India

ISO 639-3
nag
Alternate Names
Bodo, Kachari Bengali, Naga Creole Assamese, Naga-Assamese, Nagamese
Population

30,000 (Holm 1989).

Location

Nagaland, Kohima district, Dimapur subdivision; Arunachal Pradesh border area.

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Language Status

3 (Wider communication).

Classification
Creole, Assamese based
Dialects

A variety least similar to Assamese [asm] is spoken by the Yimchenger Naga, and varieties most similar to Assamese by the Angami Naga, and around Dimapur and Kohima.

Language Use

L1 for the Kachari in Dimapur area, a small community, and among children of interethnic marriages. Used by most of the speakers of 29 Naga languages as L2.

Language Development
Taught in primary schools as language of instruction. Taught in secondary schools. Grammar.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Naga Pidgin
Writing
Latin script.