Na dialect

{{Short description|Sino-Tibetan language of Arunachal Pradesh, India}}

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{{Infobox language

|name=Na

|nativename=Bangni

|region=Assam

|speakers=1,500 estimate for year 2000

|date=1997

|ref=e15

|familycolor=Sino-Tibetan

|fam2=Tani

|fam3=Western Tani

|fam4=Subansiri

|fam5=Bangni

|iso3=nbt

|glotto=naaa1245

|glottorefname=Na

| map2 = Lang Status 20-CR.svg

| mapcaption2 = {{center|{{small|Na is classified as Critically Endangered language by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger}}{{Cite UNESCO Atlas|pages=43–47}}}}

}}

Na (Nah) is a dialect of Bangni, a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in India.Post, Mark W. (2013). [https://www.academia.edu/4167715/Defoliating_the_Tani_Stammbaum_An_exercise_in_areal_linguistics Defoliating the Tani Stammbaum: An exercise in areal linguistics.] Paper presented at the 13th Himalayan Languages Symposium. Canberra, Australian National University, Aug 9. Na is spoken in 9 villages of Taksing Circle, Upper Subansiri District, Arunachal Pradesh (Pertin 1994:1). There are 4 clans, namely Chedar, Hafi, Tisi, and Hari.

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{{Arunachal languages}}

{{Languages of Northeast India}}

Category:Languages of Assam

Category:Tani languages

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