Yimkhiungrü | |
Nativename: | Yachumi |
States: | Nagaland, India |
Region: | Shamator and Kiphire districts of Nagaland |
Ethnicity: | Yimkhiung Naga |
Date: | 2011 census |
Ref: | e25 |
Familycolor: | Sino-Tibetan |
Fam2: | Central Naga |
Iso3: | yim |
Glotto: | yimc1240 |
Glottorefname: | Yimchungru Naga |
Yimkhiungrü is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in northeast India by the Yimkhiung Naga people. It is spoken between Namchik and Patkoi in Shamator District, Nagaland, India. Yimkhiungrü language has more than 100,000 speakers and is used in over 100 villages and towns.
Ethnologue lists the following dialects of Yimchungrü:
Plosive | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
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pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||
Fricative | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||
Nasal | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||
Approximant | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ |
High | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
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Mid | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
Low | pronounced as /link/ |
Additionally, the following diphthongs have been observed: /ie/, /ou/.