Yimchungrü language

Yimchungrü (Yimchungrü Naga), also Yachumi (Yatsumi) in Sema, is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in northeast India by the Yimchunger Naga people. It is spoken between Namchik and Patkoi in Tuensang district, eastern Nagaland, India. Yimchungrü language has more than 100,000 speakers and is used in over 100 villages and towns. [3]

Yimchungrü
Yachumi
Native toNagaland, India
RegionEastern and some parts of Western Nagaland, Tuensang and Dimapur districts
EthnicityYimchunger Naga
Native speakers
83,259 (2011 census)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3yim
Glottologyimc1240
ELPYimchungru Naga[2]

Dialects

Ethnologue lists the following dialects of Yimchungrü.

References
  1. "Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011". www.censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
  2. Endangered Languages Project data for Yimchungru Naga.
  3. Yimchungrü language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

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