Dictionary Of Nagamese Language: Nagamese-english-assamese
by Bhim Kanta Boruah /
2013 / English / PDF
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Nagamese is a commonly accepted lingua-franca in the multilingual hilly State Nagaland of the Republic of India, where more than a dozen of major Naga tribes and many more sub tribes resides with their distinct rich cultures and with different unintelligible Sino-Tibetan languages. Each tribe has its own mother tongue of Sino-Tibetan origin and use Nagamese, a language originated from Indo-Aryan stock, due to some sociolinguistic reasons, as the most widely accepted link language of the State. The language is originated due to prolonged historical relation with the Assamese speakers combining local dialects of Nagaland and is a preferred form of communication among all the Nagas and Nagas with others of North East India.
It is used as lingua-franca in schools, markets, hospitals, the Legislative Assembly and Churches by the people of Nagaland. Dictionary of Nagamese Language is trilingual in nature with the meanings of the languages Nagamese, English and Assamese. This is a first of its kind in the form of dictionary which shows pronunciation, grammatical categories, source of the word, composition of the word along with pictures wherever necessary. It has a long introduction which will give a picture as regards to the origin and development of Nagamese language and of the State.
The dictionary will be helpful to the researchers, common people of Nagaland and Assam and its bordering states in general and for the Nagamese Churches in particular. It will help in communicating other Indo-Aryan languages of the Republic and thereby creating national integration in general and inter - state relation in particular.
