Na language
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Na | |
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Narua | |
Native to | China |
Region | Sichuan |
Ethnicity | Mosuo |
Native speakers | 47,000 (2010)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | nru |
Glottolog | yong1270 |
Na (or Narua, Mosuo) is a language of the Naish subbranch of the Naic group of the Sino-Tibetan languages.
Varieties[edit]
Yongning Na, which is spoken in Yongning Township, Ninglang County, Lijiang, Yunnan, China, has been documented by Jacques and Michaud (2011).[2]
Lataddi Narua is notable for having only two tonal levels.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Na at Ethnologue (24th ed., 2021)
- ^ Jacques, Guillaume, and Alexis Michaud. 2011. "Approaching the historical phonology of three highly eroded Sino-Tibetan languages." Diachronica 28:468-498.
- ^ Dobbs, Roselle, and La Mingqing. 2016 "The two-level tonal system of Lataddi Narua." Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area, Vol. 39:1 (2016), 67–104. doi:10.1075/ltba.39.1.04dob