Phom language

Phom
Phom
Native to	Nagaland, India
Native speakers	54,416 (2011 census)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Brahmaputran Konyak Konyak–Chang Phom; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	nph
Glottolog	phom1236
ELP	Phom Naga

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).

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).

Consonants
		Bilabial	Alveolar	Postalveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Stop	aspirated	pʰ	tʰ
Stop	voiced	b	d
Affricate				t͡ʃ
Fricative	voiceless			ʃ			h
Fricative	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
"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

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.

External links[]

[1] "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.

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