Konyak language
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Konyak is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken by the Konyak people in the state of Nagaland, north-eastern India.
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Konyak | |
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Native to | India, Myanmar |
Ethnicity | Konyak |
Native speakers | 246,000 (2011)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | nbe |
Glottolog | kony1248 |
ELP | Konyak Naga |
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The language has 244,000 speakers in the state (as of the 2011 census); most of these (237,000) are in Mon district, with smaller populations in the districts of Dimapur (2,900), Kohima (2,000), Mokokchung (1,100), and Longleng (900).[2] There are also an estimated 2,000 speakers in neighbouring Myanmar, specifically in Hkamti District and in Lahe township.[1]