Nung language

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Nung
Anong
Spoken in Fugong County, Myanmar
Ethnicity Nung
Native speakers 700  (2000)
Language family
Language codes
ISO 639-3 nun

Nung, or Anung [ɑ˧˩nuŋ˧˩], is a Tibeto-Burman language used by the Nung people. It is very close to the Derung language. Most of the Nung people in China have shifted to Lisu.

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[edit] Pronounce

[edit] Consonant

The Anung have 43 single consonants.[below we list 47]

bilabial labiodental dentalveolar alveolar retroflex postalveolar velar glottal
aspirate stop ʈʰ
tenuis stop p t ʈ k ʔ
voiced stop b d ɖ ɡ
aspirate affricate tsʰ tʂʰ tɕʰ
tenuis affricate ts
voiced affricate dz ɖʐ
voiceless fricative f s ʂ ɕ x h
voiced fricative v z ʐ ʑ ɣ
voiceless nasal ɳ̥ ɲ̥ ŋ̊
voiced nasal m n ɳ ɲ ŋ
voiceless lateral
voiced lateral l ɭ
semivowel ɹ

[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ 孙宏开,刘光坤,p.26-31.

This book in English:

  • Sun Hongkai; Liu Guangkun (2009). A Grammar of Anong. Language Death Under Intense Contact. Brill, Leiden • Boston. ISBN 9004176861. 

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