Long Phuri language

Long Phuri
Long Phuri Naga
Native to Burma
Native speakers
1,000 (2004)[1]
Sino-Tibetan
Language codes
ISO 639-3 lpn
Glottolog long1375[2]

Long Phuri, or Long Phuri Naga (Amimi Naga, Longpfuri, Longpfuru, Mimi), is an unclassified Naga language of Burma. It is not close to other Naga languages which it's been compared to, though Long Phuri Naga, Makuri Naga, and Para Naga may be closest to each other.

Long Phuri is spoken in 6 villages of Leshi Township, Hkamti District, Sagaing Region, Myanmar.

References

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