Chokri

Chokri (also known as Chakru, ISO 639-3: nri, Glottocode: chok1243) belongs to the Tibeto-Burman language family, specifically classified within the Angami-Pochuri branch of the Southern Tibeto-Burman subgroup.

Speakers

According to the 2011 Census of India, there are approximately 91,257 speakers of Chakru/Chokri in India.

Distribution in India

Chokri is predominantly spoken in the northeastern state of Nagaland, India. It is concentrated heavily in the Phek district, particularly across the Pfütsero, Chetheba, and Chazouba administrative circles.

Major grammatical features

• Phonology: Chokri is a tonal language characterised by a complex pitch/tone system that distinguishes lexical meaning. Its consonant inventory is notable for contrasting aspirated and unaspirated stops, alongside a series of voiceless sonorants (including voiceless nasals and laterals) typical of Angami-Pochuri languages.
• Morphology: The language is predominantly agglutinative. Morphological processes rely heavily on suffixation and prefixation for word formation. Nouns take possessive prefixes corresponding to person and number, and verbs are modified by a range of aspectual, modal, and directional markers.
• Syntax: Chokri exhibits a basic Subject-Object-Verb (SOV) constituent word order. It is a postpositional language where modifiers like numerals and demonstratives generally follow the head noun, while relative clauses can precede or follow the noun they modify.

Further reading

• Learn more about the language via the Chokri language Wikipedia article.
• For broader search options, refer to the Wikipedia Search for Chokri language.