https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Phom_language
Phom language - Revision history
2026-11-14T20:44:53Z
Revision history for this page on the wiki
MediaWiki 1.43.6
https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Phom_language&diff=247937&oldid=prev
->Reidgreg: Adding local short description: "Sino-Tibetan language spoken in India", overriding Wikidata description "language" (Shortdesc helper)
2021-12-11T16:33:56Z
<p>Adding local <a href="https://en.bharatpedia.org/wiki/Bharatpedia:Short_description" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Short description">short description</a>: "Sino-Tibetan language spoken in India", overriding Wikidata description "language" (<a href="https://en.bharatpedia.org/wiki/Bharatpedia:Shortdesc_helper" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Shortdesc helper">Shortdesc helper</a>)</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Sino-Tibetan language spoken in India}}<br />
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}<br />
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2019}}<br />
{{Infobox language<br />
|name=Phom<br />
|nativename=<br />
|states=[[Nagaland]], [[India]]<br />
|speakers=54,416<br />
|date=2011 census<br />
|ref=<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011Census/Language_MTs.html|title=Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011|publisher=Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|website=www.censusindia.gov.in|access-date=2018-07-07}}</ref><br />
|familycolor=Sino-Tibetan<br />
|fam2=[[Brahmaputran languages|Brahmaputran]]<br />
|fam3=[[Konyak languages|Konyak]]<br />
|fam4=Konyak–Chang<br />
|iso3=nph<br />
|glotto=phom1236<br />
|glottorefname=Phom Naga<br />
}}<br />
<br />
'''Phom''' is a [[Sino-Tibetan languages|Sino-Tibetan]] language spoken by the [[Phom people]] of [[Nagaland]], northeastern [[India]]. Phom is spoken in 36 villages of [[Longleng District]], northeastern [[Nagaland]] (''Ethnologue'').<br />
<br />
''Ethnologue'' lists '''Yongnyah Village''' as the largest Village in Longleng district of Nagaland.<br />
<br />
==Names==<br />
Alternate names for Phom include Assiringia, Chingmengu, Phom, Phon, Tamlu, and Tamlu Naga (''Ethnologue'').<br />
<br />
== Phonology ==<br />
All phonological charts are from Burling (1998).<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|+Consonants<br />
! colspan="2" |<br />
![[Bilabial consonant|Bilabial]]<br />
![[Alveolar consonant|Alveolar]]<br />
![[Postalveolar consonant|Postalveolar]]<br />
![[Palatal consonant|Palatal]]<br />
![[Velar consonant|Velar]]<br />
![[Glottal consonant|Glottal]]<br />
|-<br />
! rowspan="2" |[[Stop consonant|Stop]]<br />
![[Aspirated consonant|<small>aspirated</small>]]<br />
|pʰ<br />
|tʰ<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
![[Voice (phonetics)|<small>voiced</small>]]<br />
|b<br />
|d<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
! colspan="2" |[[Affricate consonant|Affricate]]<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|t͡ʃ<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
! rowspan="2" |[[Fricative consonant|Fricative]]<br />
!<small>voiceless</small><br />
|<br />
|<br />
|ʃ<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|h<br />
|-<br />
![[Voice (phonetics)|<small>voiced</small>]]<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|ʒ<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
! colspan="2" |[[Nasal consonant|Nasal]]<br />
|m<br />
|n<br />
|<br />
|ɲ<br />
|ŋ<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
! colspan="2" |[[Approximant consonant|Approximant]]<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|j<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Vocabulary ==<br />
A large part of the vocabulary of Phom is inherited from [[proto-Sino-Tibetan]].<br />
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;"<br />
|-<br />
! Meaning<br />
! [[Old Chinese]]<br />
! Written [[Tibetan languages|Tibetan]]<br />
! Written [[Burmese language|Burmese]]<br />
! Phom<br />
|-<br />
| "I" || {{linktext|吾}} *''ŋa'' || ''nga'' || ''ŋa'' || ngei<br />
|-<br />
| "you" || {{linktext|汝}} *''njaʔ'' || – || ''naŋ'' || nüng<br />
|-<br />
| "not" || {{linktext|無}} *''mja'' || ''ma'' || ''ma''' ||<br />
|-<br />
| "two" || {{linktext|二}} *''njijs'' || ''gnyis'' || ''hnac'' < *''hnit'' || nyi<br />
|-<br />
| "three" || {{linktext|三}} *''sum'' || ''gsum'' || ''sûm'' || jem<br />
|-<br />
| "five" || {{linktext|五}} *''ŋaʔ'' || ''lnga'' || ''ŋâ'' || nga<br />
|-<br />
| "six" || {{linktext|六}} *''C-rjuk'' || ''drug'' || ''khrok'' < *''khruk'' || vok<br />
|-<br />
| "sun", "day"|| {{linktext|日}} *''njit'' || ''nyi-ma'' || ''ne'' < *''niy'' || nyih<br />
|-<br />
| "name" || {{linktext|名}} *''mjeŋ'' || ''ming'' || ''ə-mañ'' < *''ə-miŋ'' || men<br />
|-<br />
| "eye" || {{linktext|目}} *''mjuk'' || ''mig'' || ''myak'' || mük<br />
|-<br />
| "fish" || {{linktext|魚}} *''ŋja'' || ''nya'' || ''ŋâ'' || nyah<br />
|-<br />
| "dog" || {{linktext|犬}} *''kʷʰenʔ'' || ''khyi'' || ''khwe'' < *''khuy'' || shi<br />
|}<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
*[http://sealang.net/sala/archives/pdf4/burling1998phom.pdf Phom Phonology]<br />
*[http://google.com/scholar?q=cache:8JsEr_T6tmAJ:scholar.google.com/+konyak+phonology&hl=en&as_sdt=0,5 Linguistic Ecology of Phom Language]<br />
<br />
{{Sino-Tibetan languages}}<br />
{{Sal languages}}<br />
{{Languages of Northeast India}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Languages of Nagaland]]<br />
[[Category:Sal languages]]<br />
[[Category:Endangered languages of India]]</div>
->Reidgreg