Leinong Naga, or Htang Ngan, is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Burma. Leinong Naga is spoken in about 25 villages of Lahe Township and northwestern Hkamti Township, Naga Self-Administered Zone (formerly administered as part of Hkamti District), Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Ethnologue). Dialects are Yao Dyang (Northern Leinong, Zau Dyang) and Southern Leinong (Ethnologue).
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| Htang Ngan | |
| Native to | Burma |
| Ethnicity | Leinong Naga |
Native speakers | 7,000 (2008)[1] |
Language family | Sino-Tibetan
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| ISO 639-3 | lzn |
| Glottolog | lein1237 |
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| Western Himalayas (Himachal, Uttarakhand, Nepal, Sikkim) |
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| Myanmar and Indo-Burmese border |
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| East and Southeast Asia |
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| Dubious (possible isolates) (Arunachal) |
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