Nung language

Nung language
Not to be confused with Nung language (Tai).
Nung
Anong
Spoken in Fugong County, Myanmar
Ethnicity Nung
Native speakers 700  (2000)
Language family
Language codes
ISO 639-3 nun
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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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Consonant

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

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

[1]

References

  1. ^ 孙宏开，刘光坤，p.26－31．
  • 孙宏开; 刘光坤 (2005). 阿侬语研究. 民族出版社, 北京. ISBN 978-7-105-06814-2/H·536. 

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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