Nar Phu language
| Nar Phu | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Nepal |
| Region | Manang district |
Native speakers | 600 (2011)[1] |
| Dialects |
Nar (Lower Nar)
Phu (Upper Nar)
|
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
npa |
| Glottolog |
narp1239[2] |
Nar Phu, or ’Narpa, is a Sino-Tibetan variety spoken in the two villages of Nar and Phu, in the Valley of the Nar Khola in the Manang district of Nepal. It forms a dialect continuum with Manang and may be intelligible with it; however, the Nar and Phu share a secret language to confound Gyasumdo and Manang who would otherwise understand them.[1]
Phonology
Vowels
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u |
| Close-mid | e | o |
| Open-mid | ɛ | |
| Low | a | ɑ |
Consonants
| Bilabial | Dental | Retroflex | Alveolo-palatal | Velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | unaspirated | p | t | ʈ | k | |
| aspirated | pʰ | tʰ | ʈʰ | kʰ | ||
| Affricate | unaspirated | ts | tɕ | |||
| aspirated | tsʰ | tɕʰ | ||||
| Fricative | s | ɕ | ||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||
| Lateral | voiced | l | ||||
| voiceless | l̥ | |||||
| Rhotic | voiced | ɲ | ||||
| voiceless | r̥ | |||||
| Approximant | w | j | p | |||
Tones
Nar Phu distinguishes three tones: high falling, high level, low rising murmured, and mid/low falling murmured.
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