Naga Pidgin
A language of India
| Population | 30,000 (Holm 1989). |
| Region | Nagaland, Kohima District, Dimapur Subdivision; Arunachal Pradesh border area. |
| Alternate names | Bodo, Kachari Bengali, Naga Creole Assamese, Naga-Assamese, Nagamese |
| Dialects | A variety farthest from Assamese [asm] is spoken by the Yimchenger Naga, and varieties most similar to Assamese by the Angami Naga, and around Dimapur and Kohima. |
| Classification | Creole, Assamese based |
| Language use | Trade language. L1 for the Kachari in Dimapur area, a small community, and among children of interethnic marriages. Used by most of the 500,000 speakers of 29 Naga languages as L2. An official medium of instruction in schools. |
| Language development | Taught in primary schools. Grammar. |
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