Tsukong language explained

Tsukong
States:China
Speakers:?
Familycolor:Sino-Tibetan
Fam2:(Tibeto-Burman)
Fam3:Lolo–Burmese
Fam4:Loloish
Fam5:Southern
Fam6:Bisoid
Iso3:none
Glotto:none

Tsukong (autonym: pronounced as /tsu33 kɔŋ33/) is a Loloish language of Yunnan, China. It is closely related to the Coong language of northwestern Vietnam. Tsukong speakers are found in Xishuangbanna Prefecture.

Phonology

The following phonemes are reported in Udomkool (2006).

Tsukong has twenty-four consonants /p pʰ b m w t tʰ s ts d n l ʃ c cʰ ɲ j k kʰ x g ŋ ʔ h/, 9 vowels /i e æ a ɨ ə u o ɔ/, and 3 diphthongs /əi iu ui/.

Tsukong has a three-tone system. The tones are 35 (mid-rising), 33 (mid), and 31 (mid-falling).

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