Nung language (Sino-Tibetan)

This article is about the endangered Southern Anung language. For the Tai language, see Nùng language (Tai). For the Northern Anung language that is intelligible with Derung, see Derung language § Geographic distribution.
Anung
Anong, Nung
Pronunciation[ɑ˧˩ nuŋ˧˥]
Native toChina, Myanmar
RegionFugong County
Ethnicity(Southern) Anung of Nu nationality
Native speakers
450 (2000–2007)[1]
7,000 in China
Language codes
ISO 639-3nun
Glottolognung1282
ELPAnong
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Southern Anung (autonym: [ɑ˧˩ nuŋ˧˥]; Chinese: 阿侬语; pinyin: Ānóngyǔ;[a] Lisu: Fuche Naw[citation needed]) is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken by the Nung people in Fugong County, China, and Kachin State, Myanmar. The Anung language is closely related to the Derung and Rawang languages. Most of the Anung speakers in China have shifted to Lisu, although the speakers are classified as Nu people. The Northern Anung people speak a dialect of Derung, which is also called Anung ([ə˧˩ nuŋ˥˧]), but is not the same Anung discussed in this article.

The Burmese and Chinese dialects of Anung have 87% lexical similarity with each other.[2] Anung has 73-76% lexical similarity with Derung, and 77-83% lexical similarity with the Matwang dialect of Rawang.[2]

  1. ^ Anung at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ a b "Myanmar". Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-10-10.


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