Myanmar: Kachin State, Putao district and Myitkyina area; north Sagaing Region. India: Assam, Lakimpur district, Barkhamti, Barigaon, Deotola, Tunijan, Sribhuyan, Barpathar, and Tipling villages, Dibrugarh District; Arunachal Pradesh, Siang and Lohit districts, Chakham, Memong, Barpathar, Mime, Kheram, M. Pong, and Man Khao villages in Namsai subdivision, and Ningro, Nanam, Inten, Nathaw, Mamareng, Mahang villages in Lohit.

Speakers in India located mainly in the southwest of Lohit District near Tezu but south of the Lohit River, and extending into adjacent areas of Tirap District; also at least eight villages in Lakhimpur District of Assam, including one mixed with Phake.