Yong language
| Yong | |
|---|---|
| Nyong | |
| Native to | Thailand |
Native speakers | 13,000 (2000)[1] |
Kra–Dai
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | yno |
| Glottolog | yong1277 |
Yong (Nyong) is a
Xishuangbanna, China and Kengtung, Myanmar. Ethnologue reports that Yong is phonologically similar to the Tai Lue language. Most Yong speakers are multilingual and speak Northern Thai and Standard Thai.[2]
There were 12,600 speakers as of 2000.
Distribution
Yong is spoken in
Lamphun Province
(Ethnologue).
Phonology
| Bilabial | Labio-dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Labial–velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | p pʰ b | d
|
k kʰ | ʔ | |||
| Nasal | m | n
|
ɲ | ŋ | |||
| Sibilant fricative | s | ||||||
| Non-sibilant fricative | f | h | |||||
| Approximant | j | w
|
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| Lateral approximant | l
|
Yong has six tones: mid-rising, mid, low, high, mid-falling and high-falling. As of 2019, there appears to be a generational change occurring where the high tone is merged with the high- and mid-falling tones due to language contact with Northern Thai and Standard Thai.[2]
Further reading
- Wangsai, Piyawat. 2007. A Comparative Study of Phonological Yong and Northern Thai Language (Kammuang). M.A. thesis. Kasetsart University.
References
- ^ Yong at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ a b Intajamornrak, Chommanad (April 2019). "Tonal Variation Caused by Language Contact: A Case Study of the Yong Language" (PDF). 13th ICLEHI 2019 Osaka 013-012. Retrieved 12 July 2022.