Akyaung Ari language

{{Short description|Tangkhulic language of Myanmar}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Akyaung Ari

|nativename=

|states=Myanmar

|ethnicity=Tangkhul Naga

|speakers=1,000

|date=2004

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Sino-Tibetan

|fam2=Tibeto-Burman

|fam3=Central Tibeto-Burman (?)

|fam4=Kuki-Chin–Naga

|fam5=Tangkhul–Maring

|fam6=Tangkhulic

|dia1=

|dia2=

|iso3=nqy

|glotto=none

}}

Akyaung Ari, or Ngachan, is a Tangkhulic language spoken in Myanmar. It is most closely related to Somra. It is spoken in Heinkut, Jagram, and Ngachan villages of Leshi Township, Sagaing Division, Myanmar. Ngachan shares 52% lexical similarity with Tanghkul Naga of Somra, 23% with Tangkhul Naga of Ukhrul in India, and 23% with Koki Naga.{{Cite web |date=2016 |title=Myanmar |url=http://www.ethnologue.com/country/MM/languages |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161010180533/http://www.ethnologue.com/country/MM/languages |archive-date=2016-10-10 |website=Ethnologue: Languages of the World}}