Alternate Names: Ngnok
Dialects: None known. Lexical similarity: 49%-60% with Sartang. Burling (2003) groups it with Puroik , and Bugun , and possibly also with Lish , and Sartang ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 3,100 (2001).
Language Use: Vigorous. Home, village, religion. Also use Hindi [hin], Tawang Monpa [twm]. Used as L2 by Bugun [bgg].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 15% (20% male, 7% female) (Muanthanga 1998).
Nation of Origin: India
Other Comments: A Scheduled Tribe. Separated from the Sartang by war. Buddhist (Lamaist), traditional religion.