Pnar language
Pnar (Ka Ktien Pnar), also known as Jaiñtia,[2] is an Austroasiatic language spoken in India and Bangladesh.
| Pnar | |
|---|---|
| Jaiñtia | |
| Ka Ktien Pnar | |
| Pronunciation | /kɑ kt̪eːn pnɑr/ |
| Native to | India, Bangladesh |
| Ethnicity | Pnar people |
Native speakers | 319,324 (2011 census)[1] |
Austroasiatic
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | pbv |
| Glottolog | pnar1238 |
Phonology
Pnar has 30 phonemes: 7 vowels and 23 consonants. Other sounds listed below are phonetic realizations.[3]
Syllable structure
Syllables in Pnar can consist of a single nucleic vowel. Maximally, they can include a complex onset of two consonants, a diphthong nucleus, and a coda consonant. A second type of syllable contains a syllabic nasal/trill/lateral immediately following the onset consonant. This syllabic consonant behaves as the rhyme. (Ring, 2012: 141–2)
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 2018-07-07.
- Sidwell, Paul (2005). The Katuic languages: classification, reconstruction and comparative lexicon. LINCOM studies in Asian linguistics, 58. Muenchen: Lincom Europa. ISBN 3-89586-802-7.
- Ring, Hiram (2012). "A phonetic description and phonemic analysis of Jowai-Pnar". Mon-Khmer Studies. 40: 133–175.
- Choudhary, Narayam Kumar (2004). Word Order in Pnar (PDF) (Masters thesis). Jawaharlal Nehru University. p. 87. Retrieved 2009-08-14.
- Ring, Hiram (2015). A Grammar of Pnar (PhD thesis). Nanyang Technological University.
External links
- http://projekt.ht.lu.se/rwaai RWAAI (Repository and Workspace for Austroasiatic Intangible Heritage)
- http://hdl.handle.net/10050/00-0000-0000-0003-D187-C@view Pnar in RWAAI Digital Archive
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