Angami Naga in India

2. Status

Status

Official country wide language
Official regional language
Official minority language
Recognised community language
Unrecognised community language

National language

No

Indigenous language

Yes

Administrative units of the country

NER

3. State

Documentation: materials

Written

Extended corpora
Annotated corpora
Corpus/corpora
Materials/corpus
Some materials
No materials

Digital

Yes

Comments

Material written in Angami Naga language is available in below given links.

Kumar, Braj Bihari. 1971. Aṅgāmī-Hindī-Aṅgrejī kośa / Angami-Hindi-English dictionary. Kohima: Nagaland Bhasha Parishad (NBP). 152pp.

Mesevilie; Nichuriazo; P P Giridhar, 1987. Angami Sede Kephruda. Central institute of Indian Languages, Mysore. https://archive.org/details/dli.language.0091/mode/2up

Tseikhanuo, Medongulie, 2022. Angami ütsaliko_lige mu rükhre dzethu_documentation of Angami folktunes_Analysis of tunes and rhythmic patterns. Nagaland University
https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/447621

Rivenburg, Rev. S. W, 1903. Hymns In Angami Naga Ed. 2nd, American Baptist Missionery Union. Kohima Assam. https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.463832/mode/2up

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Video

Extended corpora
Annotated corpora
Corpus/corpora
Materials/corpus
Some materials
No materials

Digital

Yes

Comments

Songs, dance, Cultural videos and others are available in Angami Language.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKTopWTbhLw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6I8xK8zwwXM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LIQc3D3D2o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28X2bL8bwH0
https://archive.org/details/jesus-film-naga-angami-language
https://archive.org/details/podcast_khushkhbrii-jiivn-ke-shbd-in_54angami-gospel-song3gp_1000426449332
https://archive.org/details/podcast_khushkhbrii-jiivn-ke-shbd-in_angami-gospel-song3gp_1000426449336

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Audio

Extended corpora
Annotated corpora
Corpus/corpora
Materials/corpus
Some materials
No materials

Digital

Yes

Comments

Audio files in Angami Naga langauge are available on below given links.

https://archive.org/details/podcast_khushkhbrii-jiivn-ke-shbd-in_angami-naga-words-lifemp_1000426449334
https://lai.ciil.org/items/4c0a07a5-9dd2-48cb-872f-0bcc9a9ee71a
https://lai.ciil.org/bitstreams/ac693f53-894e-4dc4-a5c9-e21d263a1f21/download

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Documentation: descriptions

Elaborated dictionaries, grammars, statistical language models, etc.
Dictionaries and grammars
Dictionary and grammar
Glossary and descriptions
Few descriptions
No descriptions

Digital

Yes

Comments

Distionaries, Grammars and other material are available in Angami language

P.P. Giridhar, 1980. Angami Grammar, Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore
https://archive.org/details/dli.language.0006

Hutton, John Henry. 1921. The Angami Nagas, with some notes on neighbouring tribes. London: MacMillan. 598pp.

Giridhar, Puttushetra Puttuswamy. 1987. Angami-English-Hindi Dictionary. (Central Institute of Indian Languages: Dictionary Series, 2.) Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languages. Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languages. xix+131pp.

Blankenship, Barbara and Ladefoged, Peter and Bhaskararao, Peri and Nichumeno Chase. 1993. Phonetic structures of Khonoma Angami. Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area 16. 69-88.

Burling, Robbins. 1960. Angami Naga phonemes and word list. Indian Linguistics 21. 51-60.

Variety Angami Kohima https://clics.clld.org/languages/marrisonnaga-KohimaAngami

Medonuo Pienyu,2017. The Angami Naga Society: Continuity and Change, JNEIC Volume 3, Number 2,
https://journals.dbuniversity.ac.in/ojs/index.php/jneic/article/download/369/360

Adult Primer in Angami by Lingadevaru Halemane; Pezalhoulie peseyie L.O (Ang.); Ruluonyi-u Pusa L.A (Ang.) https://archive.org/details/dli.language.0077/mode/2up

Outline grammar of the Angami Naga language:A vocabulary and illustrated sentences.
by MacCabe, R.B. https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.8027/mode/2up

Angami Nagas by Hutson, J.H. Publication date 1921 https://archive.org/details/AngamiNagas/mode/2up

P.P. Giridhar, 1987. अंगामी-अंग्रेजी-हिंदी शब्दकोश. Central Institute of Indian Languages. https://archive.org/details/dli.language.1582/mode/2up

Standardization

Modern standard language
Young standard language
Standardised language
Quasi-standard language
Semi-standardised language
Un-standardised language

Graphisation & script encoding

Standardised writing system with full script encoding
Conventionalised writing system with partial script encoding
Consistent writing system with no script encoding
Unsystematic writing system(s)
Limited written use
No written use

Comments

Angami Naga is written with Latin script

4. Users

Geographical distribution

Users live and dominate in all regions of the country
Users live in one [state/...] of the country
Users live in a cross-border region [state/...] of the country
Users live in separated [states/...] of the country
Users live dispersed across one [state/...] of the country
Users live scattered all over the country

Settlements

Rural
Urban

Administrative units of the country

Nagaland

Size / Number of users

Number of users

152796

Source

Census of India

Year

2011

Users within total population

Users within the reference community

Age distribution of users

Generational use

Educational attainment

Occupational qualifications

Language competence

Literacy of users

Digital use

5. Use

Socio-geographic dimension

Geographic scope

International
Supranational
Cross-border (states)
State-wide
Supra-regional cross-border
Supra-regional
Regional cross-border
Regional
Local

Source

https://www.langlex.com/cens/MTProfile.php?mtname=Angami

Economic dimension

Functional dimension

Functional use in administration

Language use in administration

International level
National level
Regional level
Local level
Auxiliary use
No use

Types of language use

signed / spoken use
written use
digital use

Comments

State/District

Ethnoculture

No use
Informal learning
Skills and knowledge
Performing arts
Social practices
Customary law
Traditional medicine
Knowledge and practices
Traditions and expressions

Formal Education

Early childhood education

Primary level

Lower secondary level

Higher secondary level

Tertiary level

Public healthcare

Information, communication and cultural production

Information services
Broadcasting
Video, film
Sound/music recording
Publishing activities
Language not used

Information services
Broadcasting
Video, film
Sound/music recording
Publishing activities
Language not used

Information services
Broadcasting
Video, film
Sound/music recording
Publishing activities
Language not used

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