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
Native toNagaland, India
Native speakers
54,416 (2011 census)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3nph
Glottologphom1236
ELPPhom Naga[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).

Consonants
Bilabial Alveolar Postalveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Stop aspirated
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
"I" *ŋangaŋangei
"you" *njaʔnaŋnüng
"not" *mjamama'
"two" *njijsgnyishnac < *hnitnyi
"three" *sumgsumsûmjem
"five" *ŋaʔlngaŋânga
"six" *C-rjukdrugkhrok < *khrukvok
"sun", "day" *njitnyi-mane < *niynyih
"name" *mjeŋmingə-mañ < *ə-miŋmen
"eye" *mjukmigmyakmük
"fish" *ŋjanyaŋânyah
"dog" *kʷʰenʔkhyikhwe < *khuyshi


References

  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.
  2. Endangered Languages Project data for Phom Naga.
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