Yimkhiungrü language
| Yimkhiungrü | |
|---|---|
| Yachumi | |
| Native to | Nagaland, India |
| Region | Shamator and Kiphire districts of Nagaland |
| Ethnicity | Yimkhiung Naga |
Native speakers | 83,000 (2011 census)[1] |
Sino-Tibetan
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | yim |
| Glottolog | yimc1240 |
| ELP | 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.[1]
Dialects
Ethnologue lists the following dialects of Yimchungrü:[1]
Phonology
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | p b | t d | c ɟ | k | |
| Aspirated | pʰ | tʰ | cʰ | kʰ | |
| Fricative | s | ʃ | h | ||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | ||
| Approximant | w | l r | j |
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i | u | |
| Mid | e | ə | o |
| Low | a |
Additionally, the following diphthongs have been observed: /ie/, /ou/.
References
- ^ a b c Yimkhiungrü at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ a b Namkung, Ju (1996). Matisoff, James A. (ed.). "Phonological Inventories of Tibeto-Burman Languages" (PDF). Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus Monograph Series (3). University of California, Berkeley.
Further reading
- Kumar, Braj Bihari. (1973). Hindi–Yimchungrü–English dictionary. Kohima, India: Nagaland Bhasha Parishad.
- (2004). Where on earth do they speak Naga, Yimchungru? Retrieved from http://www.verbix.com/maps/language/NagaYimchungru.html