Angami

Angami is a Tibeto-Burman language spoken in Kohima district of Nagaland in the northeast of India by about 130,000 people. There are a number of dialects, including Khonoma and Tenyidie or Kohima, and also Dzüna, Kehena, Chakroma (Western Angami), Mima, Nali and Mozome. Tenyidie is the most prestigious of these dialects, and is used in publications and taught in schools.

Angami alphabet and pronunciation

Angami alphabet and pronunciation

Notes

Some consonants have allophones before ü [ə]: pü [pfə~fə], bü [bvə], mü [ɱə~ɱ̊ʰə]; kwü [kvə], khwü [kʰfə], gwü [ɡvə]), and rü [ɻ̩~ɚ]

Source: http://www.rogerblench.info/Language/South%20Asia/NEI/Naga/Tenyidie/Tenyidie/Angami dictionary Giridhar.pdf

Download an alphabet chart for Angami (Excel)

Information supplied by Michael Peter Füstumum

Information about Angami | Numbers | Tower of Babel

Links

Information about Angami
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angami_language
http://www.ethnologue.com/language/njm
https://rapidiq.wordpress.com/2009/03/17/angami-the-language-of-the-enchanting-hills/

Sino-Tibetan languages

Angami, Bai, Darmiya, Galo, Miju, Rawang, Tangut, Thangmi, Tujia

Page last modified: 23.04.21

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