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Na

A language of India

ISO 639-3nbt

Population  1,500.
Region  Arunachal Pradesh, Upper Subansiri District; Taksing circle, Gumsing, Taying, Esnaya, Lingbing, Tongla, Yeja, Reding, Redi, Dadu villages.
Dialects  Affinity with Tagin dialect of Nisi [dap] (Singh 1994).
Classification  Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, North Assam, Tani
Language use  Also use Hindi or English.
Language development  Literacy rate in L2: 30% (Singh 1995).
Writing system  Devanagari script. Latin script.
Comments  A Scheduled Tribe. Agriculturalists: terrace cultivation; hunter-gatherers. Buddhist (Mahayana), traditional religion.