En language
| En | |
|---|---|
Việt Nam | |
| Ethnicity | 236 (2017)[1] |
Native speakers | (200 cited 1998)[2] |
| Unwritten[3] | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | enc |
| Glottolog | ennn1243 |
| ELP | En |
En (
Tai language closely related to Zhuang. In the late 1990s, Vietnamese linguist Hoàng Văn Ma had first recognized that it was not a Tai language, ultimately leading to field work distinguishing En as a separate language. Researchers have determined En to be one of the Buyang languages
.
The speakers of En live in northern Vietnam near the border with
Cao Bằng Province
.
Phone
En has 6 tones:[5] / ˥˦, ˨˦˧, ˧˧˨, ˧, ˨˩˨, ˧˨ / (/54, 243, 332, 33, 212, 32/).
References
- ^ https://nongnghiep.vn/ky-la-mot-toc-nguoi-noi-tieng-khong-giong-dan-toc-nao-d191298.html
- ^ En at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ https://baocaobang.vn/An-so-kho-tram-tich-van-hoa-nguoi-Nung-Ven-duy-nhat-o-Cao-Bang-6479.html
- ^ https://sti.vista.gov.vn/tw/Lists/TaiLieuKHCN/Attachments/351187/CVv281S092022031.pdf
- ^ Li Jinfang [李锦芳]. 2006. Studies on endangered languages in the Southwest China [西南地区濒危语言调查研究]. Beijing: Minzu University. page 90.
Further reading
- Diller, Anthony, Jerold A. Edmondson, and Yongxian Luo ed. The Tai–Kadai Languages. Routledge Language Family Series. Psychology Press, 2008.