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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Sino-Tibetan language spoken in India}}<br />
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:''Chokri leads here. For Arabic-based name Chokri, see [[Shukri]]''<br />
{{Infobox language<br />
|name = Chokri<br />
|states = [[India]]<br />
|region = [[Nagaland]]<br />
|ethnicity = [[Chakhesang Naga]]<br />
|speakers = 111,062<br />
|date = 2011 census<br />
|ref = <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011Census/Language_MTs.html|title=Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011|publisher=Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|website=www.censusindia.gov.in|access-date=2018-07-07}}</ref><br />
|familycolor = Sino-Tibetan<br />
|fam2 = [[Angami–Pochuri languages|Angami–Pochuri]]<br />
|iso3 = nri<br />
|glotto=chok1243<br />
|glottorefname=Chokri Naga<br />
}}<br />
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'''Chokri''', (also known as '''Chakru''', '''Chakhesang''' and '''Eastern Angami''') is one of three languages spoken by the [[Chakhesang Naga]] of [[Phek district]], [[Nagaland]] state, [[India]].<ref name=e18>{{Ethnologue18|nri}}</ref> Cheswezumi is the most important Chokri village in Nagaland. There are also some Chokri speakers residing in [[Senapati district]], [[Manipur]].<ref name=e18 /> In 1991, it was estimated that there were 20,000 native Chokri speakers.<ref name="Zhalie">{{cite journal|last1=Bielenberg|first1=Brian|last2=Zhalie|first2=Nienu|title=Chokri (Phek Dialect): Phonetics and Phonology|journal=Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area|date=Fall 2001|volume=24|issue=2|pages=85–122|url=http://sealang.net/sala/archives/pdf8/bielenberg2001chokri.pdf|access-date=28 December 2016}}</ref><br />
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==Phonology==<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"<br />
|+ Consonants<ref name="Zhalie" /><br />
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |<br />
! rowspan="2" |[[Bilabial consonant|Bilabial]]<br />
! rowspan="2" |[[Labiodental consonant|Labiodental]]<br />
! colspan="2" | [[Alveolar consonant|Alveolar]]<br />
! rowspan="2" |[[Alveolo-palatal consonant|Alveolo-palatal]]<br />
! rowspan="2" | [[Palatal consonant|Palatal]]<br />
! rowspan="2" | [[Velar consonant|Velar]]<br />
! rowspan="2" | [[Uvular consonant|Uvular]]<br />
! rowspan="2" | [[Glottal consonant|Glottal]]<br />
|-<br />
!<small>plain</small><br />
![[Lateral consonant|<small>lateral</small>]]<br />
|-<br />
! rowspan="2" |[[Nasal stop|Nasal]]<br />
!<small>voiceless</small><br />
|{{IPA link|m}}||{{IPA link|ɱ}}||{{IPA link|n}}<br />
| || ||{{IPA link|ɲ}}||{{IPA link|ŋ}}|| ||<br />
|-<br />
![[Voice (phonetics)|<small>voiced</small>]]<br />
|{{IPA link|m̥}}<br />
|<br />
|{{IPA link|n̥}}<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
! rowspan="3" |[[Plosive consonant|Plosive]]<br />
!<small>voiceless</small><br />
|{{IPA link|p}}|| ||{{IPA link|t}}<br />
| || || ||{{IPA link|k}}||{{IPA link|q}}||<br />
|-<br />
![[Aspirated consonant|<small>aspirated</small>]]<br />
|{{IPA link|pʰ}}<br />
|<br />
|{{IPA link|tʰ}}<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|{{IPA link|kʰ}}<br />
|{{IPA link|qʰ}}<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
![[Voice (phonetics)|<small>voiced</small>]]<br />
|{{IPA link|b}}<br />
|<br />
|{{IPA link|d}}<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|{{IPA link|ɡ}}<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
! rowspan="3" |[[Affricate consonant|Affricate]]<br />
!<small>voiceless</small><br />
| ||{{IPA link|p͡f}}||{{IPA link|t͡s}} <br />
| ||{{IPA link|t͡ɕ}}|| || || ||<br />
|-<br />
![[Aspirated consonant|<small>aspirated</small>]]<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|{{IPA link|t͡sʰ}}<br />
|<br />
|{{IPA link|t͡ɕʰ}}<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
![[Voice (phonetics)|<small>voiced</small>]]<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|{{IPA link|d͡z}}<br />
|<br />
|{{IPA link|d͡ʑ}}<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
! rowspan="2" |[[Fricative consonant|Fricative]]<br />
!<small>voiceless</small><br />
| || ||{{IPA link|s}}<br />
| ||{{IPA link|ɕ}}|| || ||{{IPA link|χ}}||{{IPA link|h}}<br />
|-<br />
![[Voice (phonetics)|<small>voiced</small>]]<br />
|{{IPA link|β}}<br />
|{{IPA link|v}}<br />
|{{IPA link|z}}<br />
|<br />
|{{IPA link|ʑ}}<br />
|<br />
|{{IPA link|ɣ}}<br />
|{{IPA link|ʁ}}<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
! rowspan="2" |[[Approximant consonant|Approximant]]<br />
!<small>voiceless</small><br />
| || ||{{IPA link|ɻ̊}}<br />
|{{IPA link|l̥}}<br />
| || || || ||<br />
|-<br />
![[Voice (phonetics)|<small>voiced</small>]]<br />
| || ||{{IPA link|ɻ}}<br />
|{{IPA link|l}}<br />
| || || || ||<br />
|}<br />
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==Script==<br />
The Chokri language is largely written in the [[Latin script]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Sachdeva|first1=Rajesh|title=Language Education in Nagaland: Sociolinguistic Dimensions|date=2001|publisher=Regency Publications|isbn=9788187498339|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q7GfAAAAMAAJ&q=chokri}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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{{Sino-Tibetan languages}}<br />
{{Kuki-Chin–Naga languages}}<br />
{{Languages of Northeast India}}<br />
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[[Category:Languages of Nagaland]]<br />
[[Category:Angami–Pochuri languages]]<br />
[[Category:Endangered languages of India]]<br />
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