Leinong language

Lainong Naga, or Htang Ngan, is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Burma. Lainong Naga is spoken in about 32 villages of Lahe Township and northwestern Hkamti Township, Naga Self-Administered Zone (formerly administered as part of Hkamti District), Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Ethnologue). Dialects are Zëūdiāng.

Lainong
Htangan
Native to	Burma
Ethnicity	Lainong Naga
Native speakers	22,617 (Sainyiu, Anui) (2022)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Brahmaputran Konyak Konyak–Chang? (close to Ponyo) Lainong
Language codes
ISO 639-3	lzn
Glottolog	lein1237

The Lainong Naga dialects share 89%–100% lexical similarity.^[1] Lainong Naga is 69%–75% lexically similar with Ponyo-Gongwang Naga, 62%–67% with Khiamniungan Naga, and 37%–41% with Lao variety of Konyak Naga.^[1]