Bangni-Tagin language

Not to be confused with East Dafla language.

Tagin (Tagen), also known as West Dafla and Bangni (incl. Na) is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in India.^[2]

Bangni-Tagin
Native to	India, China
Region	Arunachal Pradesh , Tibet
Native speakers	62,897 (2011 census)[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Tani Western Tani Subansiri Bangni-Tagin
Dialects	Tagin Bangni (incl. Na)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously: tgj – Tagin nbt – Na njz – Nyishi (partial: Bangni dialect)
Glottolog	tagi1241  Tagin naaa1245  Na bang1338  Bangni, docked to retired code

Stuart Blackburn states that the 350 speakers of Mra have "always been, wrongly, subsumed under the administrative label of Tagin."^{[citation needed]} It is not clear whether Mra is therefore a distinct dialect of Bangni-Tagin, or a different Tani language altogether.

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. Post, Mark W. (2013). Defoliating the Tani Stammbaum: An exercise in areal linguistics. Retrieved 2 February 2020 – via academia.edu. Paper presented at the 13th Himalayan Languages Symposium. Canberra, Australian National University, 9 August 2013.