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Naga

Naga

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A group of related languages spoken in northeastern India and western Myanmar
  • noun
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  • The Naga people have a rich cultural heritage expressed through their language and traditions.

Examples

  • BECAUSE ANOTHER MORE ADVANCED RACE CALLED THE NAGA DIDN'T LIKE THE COMPETITION.

    The People That Time Forgot (1977)

  • The Naga languages are widely spoken among ethnic communities in northeastern India.

  • Many people in Myanmar are learning to speak a dialect of the Naga language.

Synonyms

Naga language
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Languages that the Naga people speak in northeastern India and western Myanmar

refers to the whole set of Kamarupan languages spoken in that region

Compounds

Naga language
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Languages that the Naga people speak in northeastern India and western Myanmar

Surface Forms

Naga singular
Nagas plural

Etymology

The word Naga is the name for groups of people and the family of languages they speak in northeast India and western Myanmar. A helpful way to remember it is that one old story says the name came from a plains word for 'naked' used by people from the lowlands to describe hill tribes, and another links it to the ancient Indian word nāga meaning 'snake' in local myths, and in both cases the name came to mean these people and their languages.