Wancho language

Wancho
Native to	India
Native speakers	49,000 (2001 census)^[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Brahmaputran Konyak Konyak–Chang Wancho
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`nnp`
Glottolog	`wanc1238`^[2]

Wancho is a Konyak language of north-eastern India. Wancho is spoken in 36 villages of southeastern Tirap district, Arunachal Pradesh, as well as in Assam and Nagaland (Ethnologue). Alternate names include Banpara Naga, Joboka, Jokoba.

Dialects

Ethnologue lists the following dialects of Wancho.

Changnoi
Bor Muthun (Bor Mutonia)
Horu Muthun
Kulung Muthun (Mithan)

There is significant variation among the dialects spoken in the upper and lower regions.

References

↑ Wancho at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Wancho Naga". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Robbins Burling & Mankai Wangsu (1998) "Wancho Phonology and word list, Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area 21.2.

Sal (Brahmaputran) languages

Bodo–Koch

Bodo–Garo	Bodo Dimasa Tiwa Kokborok (Tripuri) Kachari Moran Garo Megam

Koch	Atong Koch Ruga Rabha

Deori	Deori

Konyak

Kachin–Luic

Dhimal

Dhimal
Toto

Unclassified

Chairel

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