Pnar language
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| Pnar | |
|---|---|
| Pnar | |
| Native to | India, Bangladesh |
| Ethnicity | Pnar people |
Native speakers | 250,000 (2001)[1] |
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Austroasiatic
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| Official status | |
Official language in | Meghalaya |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | pbv |
Pnar (also known as Jaintia or Synteng[2]) is an Austroasiatic language spoken in India and Bangladesh.
"Pnar" is not an official language of Meghalaya State. It is one of the Khasi dialects such as Khynriam, Bhoi, War, Maram, Lyngngam, etc. The Pnars are parts of the Hynñiewtrep people and the common language used in education is "Khasi". So, in Meghalaya State, the only indigenous official languages are: Khasi and Garo.
Phonology
Vowels
| Front | Near | Central | Near | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close | /i/ | /ɨ/ | /u/ | ||
| Near-close | /ɪ/ | /ʊ/ | |||
| Close-Mid | /e/ | /o/ | |||
| Mid | /ə/ | ||||
| Open-Mid | /ɛ/ | /ʌ/ | /ɔ/ | ||
| Open | /ɑ/ |
Consonants
| Consonants | Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaspirated Stop | /p/ /b/ |
/t̪/ /d̪/ |
/t/ /d/ |
/c/ /ɟ/ |
/k/ | /ʔ/ |
| Aspirated Stop | /pʰ/ /bʰ/ |
/t̪ʰ/ /d̪ʰ/ |
/cʰ/ /ɟʰ/ |
/kʰ/ | ||
| Fricative | /s/ | |||||
| Nasal | /m/ | /n/ | /ɲ/ | /ŋ/ | ||
| Lateral | /l/ | |||||
| Trill | /r/ | |||||
| Approximant | /w/ | /j/ |
References
- ↑ Pnar reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
- ↑ Sidwell, Paul. (2005). The Katuic languages: classification, reconstruction and comparative lexicon. LINCOM studies in Asian linguistics, 58. Muenchen: Lincom Europa. ISBN 3-89586-802-7
- Choudhary, Narayam Kumar (2004). Word Order in Pnar. Jawaharlal Nehru University. p. 87. Retrieved 2009-08-14.
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