Chokri language
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Chokri, (also known as Chakrü, Chakhesang and Eastern Angami) is one of three languages spoken by the Chakhesang Naga of Phek district, Nagaland state, India. There are also some Chokri speakers residing in the Senapati District of Manipur. In 1991, it was estimated that there were 20,000 native Chokri speakers.
Phonology
| Labial | Alveolar/Retroflex | (Alveolo-)palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| plain | sibilant | lateral | ||||||
| Nasal | voiced | m | n | (ɲ) | (ŋ) | |||
| voiceless | m̥ | n̥ | ||||||
| Plosive/ Affricate | voiceless | p | t | t͡s | (t͡ɕ) | k | ||
| aspirated | pʰ | tʰ | t͡sʰ | (t͡ɕʰ) | kʰ | |||
| voiced | b | d | d͡z | (d͡ʑ) | ɡ | |||
| Fricative | voiceless | s | (ɕ) | h | ||||
| voiced | v | z | (ʑ) | (ɣ) | ||||
| Liquid | voiceless | ɻ̊ | l̥ | |||||
| voiced | ɻ | l |
- /b/ is heard as a fricative [β] when before /ɯ/.
- /p/ is heard as [pf] when before /ɨ/.
- /m/ is heard as [ɱ] when before high back vowels.
- /ts, tsʰ, dz/ is heard as [tɕ, tɕʰ, dʑ], /s, z/ as [ʑ, ɕ], and /n/ as [ɲ], all occurring when before /i/.
- /n/ is heard as [ŋ] between two high back vowels.
- /k, kʰ/ can also be heard as [q, qʰ], /ɡ/ as [ɣ], /ɻ/ as [ɣ, ʁ], and /ɻ̊/ as [χ] all occurring in free variation.
Script
The Chokri language is largely written in the Latin script.