Yimkhiungrü language explained

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.

Dialects

Ethnologue lists the following dialects of Yimchungrü:

Phonology

Consonants[1] !!Labial!Alveolar!Palatal!Velar!Glottal
Plosivepronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Fricativepronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Nasalpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Approximantpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Vowels!!Front!Central!Back
Highpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Midpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Lowpronounced as /link/

Additionally, the following diphthongs have been observed: /ie/, /ou/.

Further reading

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Notes and References

  1. Namkung . Ju . 1996 . Matisoff . James A. . Phonological Inventories of Tibeto-Burman Languages . Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus Monograph Series . 3 . University of California, Berkeley.