Nar Phu language
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| Nar Phu | ||||
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| Spoken in | Nepal | |||
| Region | Manang district | |||
| Native speakers | 800 (date missing) | |||
| Language family |
Sino-Tibetan
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| Language codes | ||||
| ISO 639-3 | npa | |||
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The Nar Phu or Nar-Phu language is a Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the two villages of Nar and Phu, in the Valley of the Nar Khola in the Manang district of Nepal.
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[edit] Phonology
[edit] Vowels
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u |
| Close-mid | e | o |
| Open-mid | ɛ | |
| Low | a | ɑ |
[edit] Consonants
| Bilabial | Dental | Retroflex | Alveolo-palatal | Velar | ||
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| Stop | Unaspirated | p | t | ʈ | k | |
| Aspirated | pʰ | tʰ | ʈʰ | kʰ | ||
| Affricate | Unaspirated | ts | tɕ | |||
| Aspirated | tsʰ | tɕʰ | ||||
| Fricative | s | ɕ | ||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||
| Lateral | Voiced | l | ||||
| Voiceless | l̥ | |||||
| Rhotic | Voiced | r | ||||
| Voiceless | r̥ | |||||
| Approximant | w | j | ɰ | |||
[edit] Tones
Nar Phu distinguishes three tones: high falling, high level, low rising murmured, and mid/low falling murmured.
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