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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

• /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 , /s, z/ as , and /n/ as [ɲ], all occurring when before /i/.
• /n/ is heard as between two high back vowels.
• /k, kʰ/ can also be heard as , /ɡ/ as [ɣ], /ɻ/ as , and /ɻ̊/ as [χ] all occurring in free variation.

• /ɨ/ is heard as [ə] in unstressed position.
• Sounds /e, o/ can be heard as in free variation.

Script

The Chokri language is largely written in the Latin script.

References

1. "Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011". www.censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
2. ^ Chokri language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
3. ^ Bielenberg, Brian; Zhalie, Nienu (Fall 2001). "Chokri (Phek Dialect): Phonetics and Phonology" (PDF). Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area. 24 (2): 85–122. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
4. Sachdeva, Rajesh (2001). Language Education in Nagaland: Sociolinguistic Dimensions. Regency Publications. ISBN 9788187498339.

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