Nagamese creole
Assamese derived creole language spoken in Nagaland, India / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Nagamese ("Naga Pidgin") is an Assamese-lexified creole language. Depending on location, it has also been described and classified as an "extended pidgin" or "pidgincreole".[2][3] Spoken natively by an estimated 30,000 people in the Indian northeastern state of Nagaland, it developed primarily as a means of marketplace and trade communication. Despite the official language of the state being English, Nagamese functions as a lingua franca and is spoken by nearly all Nagaland inhabitants. It is also used in mass media as well as in official state-regulated domains, including news and radio stations, education and political and governmental spheres.[4][3] Nagamese is classified as a creole as, despite it being spoken as an "extended pidgin" by the majority of speakers across Nagaland, it is also spoken as the native mother tongue of the Dimasa community in Nagaland's largest city, Dimapur.[4]
Nagamese | |
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Naga Pidgin | |
Native to | Northeast India |
Ethnicity | Naga people |
Native speakers | (30,000 cited 1989)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | nag |
Glottolog | naga1394 |