Koki | |
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Koki Naga | |
Native to | Burma |
Native speakers | 2,000 (2004) [1] |
Sino-Tibetan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
nxk |
Glottolog |
koka1245 |
Koki (Konke, Kokak), or Koki Naga, is an unclassified Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Burma. Speakers are included under the wider Naga ethnicity. It has been documented in Shintani (2018). [2]
Koki is currently unclassified within Tibeto-Burman. Ethnologue (21st edition) notes that Koki shares 19%–32% lexical similarity with Tangkhul Naga [ntx] in Myanmar, 23% with Akyaung Ari Naga [nqy], and 22%–24% with Jejara Naga [pzn]. [3]
It is spoken in 10 villages of southern Leshi Township, Hkamti District, Sagaing Region, Myanmar. [3]