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Lyngam | |
Native to | India |
Region | Meghalaya, Assam |
Native speakers | 11,586 (2011 census)[1] |
Austroasiatic
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | lyg |
Glottolog | lyng1241 |
Lyngam is an Austroasiatic language of Northeast India closely related to Khasi. Once listed as a dialect of Khasi, Lyngam has in recent literature been classified as a distinct language. Lyngam speakers have food and dress similar to the neighboring Garo people.
Phonology
Consonant inventory
The following table lists the consonants attested in Lyngam.[2]
Bilabial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal Nasal /m/ /n/ /ɲ/ /ŋ/ Stop voiceless /p/ /t/ /c/ /k/ /ʔ/ aspirated /pʰ/ /tʰ/ /cʰ/ /kʰ/ voiced /b/ /d/ /ɟ/ /ɡ/ Voiceless fricative /s/ /h/ Liquid /l, r/ Glide /w/ /j/
The main difference with the Khasi language is that Lyngngam does not possess the voiced aspirated series. Furthermore, Lyngngam does not have the phoneme /ç/. Words which have /ç/ in Khasi typically have /c/ or /s/ in Lyngngam,[3] as in the following pairs of cognates:
Lyngngam Khasi meaning cʔeŋ çʔeŋ bone cɨppʰeu çipʰeu 10 sɲjək çɲiuʔ hair snaːr çnjaʔ chisel
Vowel inventory
The following table lists the vowel inventory of the language.[2] The only vowels showing a length distinction are /i/ and /a/, in contradistinction to Khasi, where length is distinctive for all vowels.
Words with diphthongs in Khasi have monophthongs in Lyngam,[3] as in the following pairs of cognates:
Lyngam Khasi meaning bni bnaːi month ksu ksəu dog mot miet night
References
- ^ "Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011". www.censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 2018-07-07.
- ^ a b Nagaraja 1996, sect. 1
- ^ a b Nagaraja 1996, sect. 2
- Nagaraja, K.S. (1996). "The status of Lyngngam" (PDF). Mon–Khmer Studies. 26: 37–50. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
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