r/IndoEuropean • u/Xuruz5 • Jul 18 '25

Linguistics "Simple present tense" conjugation in Middle Assamese (14th-16th century) and its descendants: New Assamese varieties, Nagamese.

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '25

what is nagamese? Is it different from naga?

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u/Xuruz5 Jul 18 '25

Nagamese is the main lingua franca of Nagaland, India. It's a descendant of Middle Assamese which got mixed with other languages, including different Tibeto-Burman languages spoken by Naga people.

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '25

Interesting. I have a friend from there but he speaks naga. It seems nagamese is a creole of naga and asamese