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.
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]
Labial | Alveolar | Retroflex |
Alveolo- palatal |
Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||
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Nasal | m | n | ( ɳ) | ɲ | ( ŋ) | ||||
Stop | voiceless | p | t | ( ʈ) | k | q | ( ʔ) | ||
aspirated | pʰ | tʰ | ( ʈʰ) | kʰ | qʰ | ||||
voiced | b | d | ( ɖ) | ɡ | ɢ | ||||
Affricate | voiceless | t͡s | t͡ʂ | t͡ɕ | |||||
aspirated | t͡sʰ | t͡ʂʰ | t͡ɕʰ | ||||||
voiced | d͡z | d͡ʐ | d͡ʑ | ||||||
Fricative | voiceless | f | s | ʂ | ɕ | ( x) | h | ||
voiced | ( v) | z | ʐ | ʑ | ɣ | ( ʁ) | |||
Lateral | fricative | ɬ | |||||||
glide | l | ( ɭ) | |||||||
Approximant | w | j |
Front | Central | Back | ||
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Close | i | ɯ | u | |
Mid | ɛ | ə | ɤ | ɔ |
Open | æ, æ̃ | ɑ | ||
Syllabic | v̩ |
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