Phom language
Phom is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken by the Phom people of Nagaland, northeastern India. Phom is spoken in 36 villages of Longleng District, northeastern Nagaland (Ethnologue).
Phom | |
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Native to | Nagaland, India |
Native speakers | 54,416 (2011 census)[1] |
Sino-Tibetan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | nph |
Glottolog | phom1236 [2] |
Ethnologue lists Yongnyah Village as the largest Village in Longleng district of Nagaland.
Names
Alternate names for Phom include Assiringia, Chingmengu, Phom, Phon, Tamlu, and Tamlu Naga (Ethnologue).
Phonology
All phonological charts are from Burling (1998).
Bilabial | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
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Stop | aspirated | pʰ | tʰ | ||||
voiced | b | d | |||||
Affricate | t͡ʃ | ||||||
Fricative | voiceless | ʃ | h | ||||
voiced | ʒ | ||||||
Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | |||
Approximant | j |
Vocabulary
A large part of the vocabulary of Phom is inherited from proto-Sino-Tibetan.
Meaning | Old Chinese | Written Tibetan | Written Burmese | Phom |
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"I" | 吾 *ŋa | nga | ŋa | ngei |
"you" | 汝 *njaʔ | – | naŋ | nüng |
"not" | 無 *mja | ma | ma' | |
"two" | 二 *njijs | gnyis | hnac < *hnit | nyi |
"three" | 三 *sum | gsum | sûm | jem |
"five" | 五 *ŋaʔ | lnga | ŋâ | nga |
"six" | 六 *C-rjuk | drug | khrok < *khruk | vok |
"sun", "day" | 日 *njit | nyi-ma | ne < *niy | nyih |
"name" | 名 *mjeŋ | ming | ə-mañ < *ə-miŋ | men |
"eye" | 目 *mjuk | mig | myak | mük |
"fish" | 魚 *ŋja | nya | ŋâ | nyah |
"dog" | 犬 *kʷʰenʔ | khyi | khwe < *khuy | shi |
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References
- "Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011". www.censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Phom Naga". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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