Nagamese Creole

Nagamese Creole is a language, spoken in India. Wikidata counts about 30,000 speakers (1989). Wikidata describes it as “Assamese-based creole language used in Nagaland”.

3 · Wider CommunicationBeng30,000

Wikidata record Glottolog

At a glance

ISO 639-3: nag
Glottocode: naga1394
Family: unclassified
EGIDS: 3 Wider Communication
Wikipedia: 10 language editions

—first-language speakers

—second-language speakers

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3EGIDS level

Facts

Name	Nagamese Creole
Also called	Naga Pidgin, Nagamese, Naga Pidgin language
All speakers	30,000 (1989)
Written in	Bangla–Assamese script

Vitality

EGIDS 3 Wider Communication3

Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.

Other languages at this level

where it is spoken

Map and countries

A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.

Map of the area where Nagamese Creole is spoken — Map: TUBS · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

India395 languages in the index

Also spoken in India

engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · International hinHindiIndo-European · 615.3 m1 · National fraFrenchIndo-European · 285.4 m0 · International porPortugueseIndo-European · 227.3 m1 · National urdUrduunclassified · 162.6 m1 · National panPunjabiunclassified · 125 mSafe benBanglaIndo-European · 106 m1 · National tamTamilDravidian · 83 m2 · Provincial marMarathiunclassified · 77 m2 · Provincial bhoBhojpuriIndo-European · 52.2 m4 · Educational