- Kinnauri language
Kinnauri, also known as Kanauri, Kanor, Koonawur, or Kunawar is a Tibeto-Burman language (Sino-Tibetan stock) spoken in the
Kinnaur district of theIndia n state ofHimachal Pradesh by approximately 49,000 native speakers.ounds
This description is of the Pangi dialect of Kinnauri.
Consonants
"Note on palatals": IPA|/dʒ/, IPA|/tʃ/, IPA|/tʃʰ/, and IPA|/ʃ/ are post-alveolar. IPA|/ɲ/ is alveolo-palatal.
Vowels
Kinnauri has five pairs of long/short s
phoneme s.yllables
IPA|/h/, aspirated obstruents (i.e. IPA|/pʰ/, IPA|/tʰ/, IPA|/ʈʰ/, IPA|/kʰ/, IPA|/ʦʰ/, IPA|/ʧʰ/), and glides (i.e. IPA|/w/, IPA|/j/) do not occur in syllable codas.
All consonants may occur in onsets and word-medially.
Kinnauri has the following types of
syllable s:* (C)V(C)(C)(C)
* CCV(C)
* CCCVCGrammar
Bibliography
* Grimes, Barbara F. (Ed.). (2000). "Ethnologue: Languages of the world", (14th ed.). Dallas, TX: SIL International. ISBN 1-55671-106-9. (Online edition: http://www.ethnologue.com/).
* Nagano, Yasuhiko; & LaPolla, Randy J. (Eds.). (2001). "New research on Zhangzhung and related Himalayan languages". Bon studies 3, Senri ethnological reports 19. Osaka: National Museum of Ethnology.
* Takahashi, Yoshiharu. (2001). A descriptive study of Kinnauri (Pangi dialect): A preliminary report. In Y. Nagano & R. J. LaPolla (Eds.), "New research on Zhangzhung and related Himalayan languages". Osaka: National Museum of Ethnology.
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