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Ganan Language
Ganan (also spelled as Ganaan or Kanan) is a Sino-Tibetan language of northwestern Myanmar. It belongs to the Luish branch, and is most closely related to the Kadu language of Myanmar. Names ''Ethnologue'' lists ''Ganaan, Ganan, Ganon, Genan, Kanan'' as alternate names. Distribution According to ''Ethnologue'', as of 2007 Ganan is spoken in 24 villages of Banmauk Township along the Mu River by 9,000 people in Katha District, Sagaing Region, Myanmar. It is also located in a few villages in Homalin, Indaw Indaw ( shn, ဝဵင်းဢၢင်းတေႃႇ)is a town in northern Burma, in Sagaing Division, Katha District, Indaw Township. It is located about 2 km south-east of Indaw Lake. The rail junction at Naba is located about 6 k ..., and Pinlebu townships (''Ethnologue''). References *Huziwara, Keisuke 藤原, 敬介. 2012Rui sogo no saikou ni mukete ルイ祖語の再構にむけて oward a reconstruction of Proto-Luish In ''Kyoto University Linguistic R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myanmar
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, John Wells explains, the English spellings of both Myanmar and Burma assume a non-rhotic variety of English, in which the letter r before a consonant or finally serves merely to indicate a long vowel: [ˈmjænmɑː, ˈbɜːmə]. So the pronunciation of the last syllable of Myanmar as [mɑːr] or of Burma as [bɜːrmə] by some speakers in the UK and most speakers in North America is in fact a spelling pronunciation based on a misunderstanding of non-rhotic spelling conventions. The final ''r'' in ''Myanmar'' was not intended for pronunciation and is there to ensure that the final a is pronounced with the broad a, broad ''ah'' () in "father". If the Burmese name my, မြန်မာ, label=none were spelled "Myanma" in English, this would b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sagaing Region
Sagaing Region ( my, စစ်ကိုင်းတိုင်းဒေသကြီး, ; formerly Sagaing Division) is an administrative region of Myanmar, located in the north-western part of the country between latitude 21° 30' north and longitude 94° 97' east. It is bordered by India's Nagaland, Manipur, and Arunachal Pradesh States to the north, Kachin State, Shan State, and Mandalay Region to the east, Mandalay Region and Magway Region to the south, with the Ayeyarwady River forming a greater part of its eastern and also southern boundary, and Chin State and India to the west. The region has an area of . In 1996, it had a population of over 5,300,000 while its population in 2012 was 6,600,000. The urban population in 2012 was 1,230,000 and the rural population was 5,360,000. The capital city of Sagaing Region is Monywa. Capital city The Capital city of Sagaing Region is Monywa. History The Pyu were the first to in recorded history to populate the area of Sagaing Regio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sal Languages
The Sal languages are a branch of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in northeast India, parts of Bangladesh, and Burma. Alternative names ''Ethnologue'' calls the group "Jingpho–Konyak–Bodo", while Scott DeLancey (2015) refers to it as "Bodo-Konyak-Jinghpaw" (BKJ). Glottolog lists this branch as Brahmaputran (brah1260). Classification within Sino-Tibetan Scott DeLancey (2015)DeLancey, Scott. 2015. "Morphological Evidence for a Central Branch of Trans-Himalayan (Sino-Tibetan)." ''Cahiers de linguistique - Asie oriental'' 44(2):122-149. December 2015. considers the Sal languages, which he refers to as ''Bodo-Konyak-Jinghpaw'' (BKJ), to be part of a wider Central Tibeto-Burman group. Internal classification noted that the Bodo–Garo, Konyak, and Jingpho (Kachin) languages, as well as the extinct Chairel language, shared distinctive roots for "sun" and "fire". proposed a grouping of the Bodo–Garo, Konyak (Northern Naga), and Jingpho languages, characterized by severa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jingpho–Luish Languages
The Jingpho-Luish, Jingpho-Asakian, Kachin–Luic, or Kachinic languages are a group of Sino-Tibetan languages belonging the Sal branch. They are spoken in eastern India and Burma, and consist of the Jingpho (also known as Kachin) language and the Luish ( Asakian) languages Sak, Kadu, Ganan, Andro, Sengmai, and Chairel. ''Ethnologue'' and ''Glottolog'' include the extinct or nearly extinct Taman language in the Jingpo branch, but Huziwara (2016)Huziwara, Keisuke. 2016タマン語の系統再考 / On the genetic position of Taman reconsidered In ''Kyoto University Linguistic Research '' 35, p.1-34. considers it to be unclassified within Tibeto-Burman. James Matisoff (2013)Matisoff, James A. 2013Re-examining the genetic position of Jingpho: putting flesh on the bones of the Jingpho/Luish relationship ''Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area'' 36(2). 1–106. provides phonological and lexical evidence in support of the ''Jingpho-Asakian'' (Jingpho–Luish) grouping, dividing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luish Languages
The Luish, Asakian, or Sak languages are a group of Sino-Tibetan languages belonging to the Sal branch. They are spoken in Burma and Bangladesh, and consist of the Sak, Kadu, and Ganan languages. In recent years, Luish languages have been influenced by Burmese and Chakma. Although Luish languages are now widely scattered and spoken by relatively small populations, Luce (1985) suggests that the Luish languages were “once spread over the whole north of Burma, from Manipur perhaps to northern Yunnan.” Matisoff (2013) proposes the name ''Asakian'', since ''Lui'' or '' Loi'' were used by the Meithei to refer to slaves. Although many speakers of Luish languages refer to themselves as ''Sak'', ''Cak'', or similar variations, speakers of Ganan and Mokhwang Kadu do not refer to themselves as ''Sak'' or ''Asak''. Extinct languages Matisoff (2013) has demonstrated that the extinct Andro, Sengmai, and Chairel languages of Manipur are also Luish languages. Andro, Sengmai, and C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sino-Tibetan Languages
Sino-Tibetan, also cited as Trans-Himalayan in a few sources, is a family of more than 400 languages, second only to Indo-European in number of native speakers. The vast majority of these are the 1.3 billion native speakers of Chinese languages. Other Sino-Tibetan languages with large numbers of speakers include Burmese (33 million) and the Tibetic languages (6 million). Other languages of the family are spoken in the Himalayas, the Southeast Asian Massif, and the eastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau. Most of these have small speech communities in remote mountain areas, and as such are poorly documented. Several low-level subgroups have been securely reconstructed, but reconstruction of a proto-language for the family as a whole is still at an early stage, so the higher-level structure of Sino-Tibetan remains unclear. Although the family is traditionally presented as divided into Sinitic (i.e. Chinese) and Tibeto-Burman branches, a common origin of the non-Sinitic languages has n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kadu Language
Kadu or Kado is a Sino-Tibetan language of the Sal branch spoken in Sagaing Region, Myanmar. Dialects are Settaw, Mawkhwin, and Mawteik xtinct with 30,000 speakers total. Names Alternate names for Kadu listed in '' Ethnologue'' are Gadu, Ka’do, Kadu-Ganaan, Kantu’, Kato, Kudo, Maw, Mawteik, Puteik, and Thet; the autonym is ''Asak''. Geographical distribution Statistics for Kadu-speaking villages are as follows: * Over 30 villages speaking the ''Mawteik'' dialect (nearly extinct) * Over 30 villages speaking the ''Settaw'' dialect * 5 villages speaking the ''Mawkhwin'' dialect The speakers of the Kadu language live in Banmauk, Indaw, and Pinlebu, which are three townships in the Katha District, Sagaing Region, Myanmar. Among these three, Banmauk has the largest Kadu population and Pinlebu has the smallest Kadu population. There is low mutual intelligibility among the Kadu dialects. History The Kadu were the dominant ethnic group in the Chindwin River valley at the begi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banmauk Township
Banmauk Township is a township in Katha District in the Sagaing Region of Myanmar."Myanmar States/Divisions & Townships Overview Map" Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU) The principal town is Banmauk. Towns and villages References External links Maplandia World Gazetteer - map showing the township boundary Banmauk Township, Townships of Sagaing Region {{KathaMM-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Homalin Township
Homalin Township ( my, ဟုမ္မလင်း မြို့နယ် ) is a township in Hkamti District in the Sagaing Region of Burma. The principal town is Homalin."Myanmar States/Divisions & Townships Overview Map" Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU) The principal rivers flowing through the township are the Chindwin River form north to south and the from east to west, joining the Chindwin near Homalin town. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indaw Township
Indaw Township is a township in Katha District in the Sagaing Division of Burma."Myanmar States/Divisions & Townships Overview Map" Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU) The principal town is Indaw. References External links Maplandia World Gazetteer - map showing the township boundary Indaw Township, Townships of Sagaing Region {{KathaMM-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pinlebu Township
Pinlebu Township is a township in Kawlin District (formerly part of Katha District) in the Sagaing Division of Burma Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...."Myanmar States/Divisions & Townships Overview Map" Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU) The principal town is Pinlebu. References External links Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
