Nungish languages

For the Kradai language Nung, see Nung language (Tai).

Nungish
Geographic distribution:	Yunnan, Burma
Linguistic classification:	Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Nungish
Subdivisions:	—

The Nung languages are a poorly described family of uncertain affiliation within the Tibeto-Burman languages. They include:

• Drung
• Răwang
• Nung
• Ālóng
• Ruòruò,

and are spoken in Yunnan and Burma.

Matisoff postulated a relationship between Nungish and Jingpho, but neither van Driem (2001) nor Thurgood and La Polla (2003) have been able to find substantiating evidence.

References

• George van Driem (2001) Languages of the Himalayas: An Ethnolinguistic Handbook of the Greater Himalayan Region. Brill.
• Thurgood, Graham. 2003. "A subgrouping of the Sino-Tibetan languages: The interaction between language contact, change, and inheritance." In G. Thurgood and R. LaPolla eds, The Sino-Tibetan languages, 3-21. London: Routledge.