Yimkhiungrü language

Yimkhiungrü
Yachumi
Native toNagaland, India
RegionShamator and Kiphire districts of Nagaland
EthnicityYimkhiung Naga
Native speakers
83,000 (2011 census)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3yim
Glottologyimc1240
ELPYimchungru 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

Consonants[2]
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
Vowels[2]
Front Central Back
High i u
Mid e ə o
Low a

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

References

  1. ^ a b c Yimkhiungrü at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ 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.

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