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.

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

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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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