Akyaung Ari language

Akyaung Ari
Akyaung Ari
Native to	Myanmar
Ethnicity	Tangkhul Naga
Native speakers	1,000 (2004)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman Central Tibeto-Burman (?) Kuki-Chin–Naga Tangkhul–Maring Tangkhulic Akyaung Ari; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	nqy
Glottolog	None

Akyaung Ari, or Ngachan, is a Tangkhulic language spoken in Myanmar. It is most closely related to Somra. It is spoken in Heinkut, Jagram, and Ngachan villages of Leshi Township, Sagaing Division, Myanmar. Ngachan shares 52% lexical similarity with Tanghkul Naga of Somra, 23% with Tangkhul Naga of Ukhrul in India, and 23% with Koki Naga.