Koki language


Koki, or Koki Naga, is an unclassified Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Burma. Speakers are included under the wider Naga ethnicity. It has been documented in Shintani.

Classification

Koki is currently unclassified within Tibeto-Burman. Ethnologue notes that Koki shares 19%–32% lexical similarity with Tangkhul Naga in Myanmar, 23% with Akyaung Ari Naga , and 22%–24% with Jejara Naga .

Distribution

It is spoken in 10 villages of southern Leshi Township, Hkamti District, Sagaing Region, Myanmar.