Bangni-Tagin language

Tagin (Tagen), also known as West Dafla and Bangni (incl. Na) is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in India.

Bangni-Tagin
Native toIndia
RegionArunachal Pradesh
Native speakers
62,897 (2011 census)
Sino-Tibetan
  • Tani
    • Western Tani
      • Subansiri
        • Bangni-Tagin
Dialects
  • Tagin
  • Bangni (incl. Na)
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
tgj – Tagin
nbt – Na
njz – Nyishi (partial: Bangni dialect)
Glottologtagi1241  Tagin
naaa1245  Na
bang1338  Bangni, docked to retired code

Stuart Blackburn states that the 350 speakers of Mra have "always been, wrongly, subsumed under the administrative label of Tagin." It is not clear whether Mra is therefore a distinct dialect of Bangni-Tagin, or a different Tani language altogether.

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