Editing Angami language (section)

==Phonological reconstruction==
Meyase (2023) recognizes southern, northern, and western dialects of Angami, including the following.<ref name="ICSTLL56">{{cite conference|conference=56th International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics, 10–12 October 2023|location=Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok|date=2023|title=Historical Sound Changes within the Tenyidie (Angami) Language|first=Savio|last=Meyase}}</ref>

*Southern: Jokha, Kiwe
*Northern: Kewhi
*Western: Khwüno

Preliminary Proto-Tenyi lexical reconstructions by Meyase (2023), with supporting data from four Tenyidie dialects, are as follows.<ref name="ICSTLL56"/>

{| class="wikitable"
! Gloss !! Proto-Tenyi !! Jokha (Southern 1) !! Kiwe (Southern 2) !! Kewhi (Northern) !! Khwüno (Western)
|-
| do || *tsʰi || tʰə́ || cʰə́ || tsʰə́ || ʃə́
|-
| hurt || *tsʰi || tʰə̄ || cʰə̄ || tsʰə̄ || ʃə̄
|-
| flesh || *tsʰi || tʰə̀ || cʰə̀ || tsʰə̀ || ʃə̀
|-
| old || *gwe || wé || wé || wé || gwé
|-
| bison || *gwi || wí || wí || wí || gwí
|-
| wash hand || *m-to || metò || metò || metì || metì
|-
| transform || *m-vi || meví || meví || meví || meví
|-
| make good || *p-vi || meví || meví || peví || peví
|-
| all || *p-te || metē || metē || petē || petē
|-
| green || *p-ɟo || meɟò || meɟò || peɟò || peʒiè
|-
| wait || *kʰwe || qʰwé || kʰwé || fé-pfʰé || kʰwé
|-
| shawl || *kʰwe || qʰwè || kʰwè || fè-pfʰè || kʰwè
|-
| bee || *m-kʰwi || oqʰwí || akʰwí || mefī || mekʰwí
|-
| monkey || *t-kwi || oqwī || akwī || tepfī || tekwī
|-
| tidy up || *k-kwe || qeqwè || kekwè || kepfè || kekwè
|-
| to fly || *pro || prō || prō || pruō || pō
|-
| strong || *ko || qō || kō || kuō || kō
|-
| to walk || *to || tò || tò || tiò || tò
|}

Northern sound change innovations include:<ref name="ICSTLL56"/>
* *kw > pf, f
* *o > uo, io

Southern sound change innovations include:<ref name="ICSTLL56"/>
* *pe- > me-