Alternate Names: Bodo, Kachari Bengali, Naga Creole Assamese, Naga-Assamese, Nagamese
Dialects: None known. A variety least similar to Assamese , is spoken by the Yimchenger Naga, and varieties most similar to Assamese by the Angami Naga, and around Dimapur and Kohima.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 30,000 (Holm 1989).
Language Use: L1 for the Kachari in Dimapur area, a small community, and among children of interethnic marriages. Used as L2 by Angami Naga [njm], Chang Naga [nbc], Konyak Naga [nbe], Lotha Naga [njh], Monsang Naga [nmh], Phom Naga [nph], Pochuri Naga [npo], Sakachep [sch], Sangtam Naga [nsa], Southern Rengma Naga [nre], Sumi Naga [nsm], Yimchungru Naga [yim].
Language Development: Taught in primary schools as language of instruction. Taught in secondary schools. Grammar.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: India