Na (or Narua, Mosuo) is a language of the
Naish subbranch of the
Naic
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Etymology
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group of the
Sino-Tibetan languages
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.
Varieties
Yongning Na, which is spoken in
Yongning Township,
Ninglang County,
Lijiang
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,
Yunnan
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,
China
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, has been documented by Jacques and Michaud (2011). It has three tonal levels. A trilingual dictionary is available online.
Lataddi Narua is notable for having only two
tonal levels.
Phonology
Consonants
* /t, tʰ, d, n, l/ can be heard as
, ʈʰ, ɖ, ɳ, ɭwhen preceding vowel sounds /ɯ, u, v̩, ɤ, æ/.
* /p, pʰ, b, m, w/ can be heard as
̥, ʙ̥ʰ, ʙ, ɱ, vwhen preceding vowel sounds /ɯ, u, v̩/.
* /ɣ/ can also be heard as uvular
in word-initial position.
* /w, h/ is also heard as voiceless
̥, xin free variation.
* /n/ is heard as velar
when before velar stops.
*
is heard in initial position before vowels.
Vowels
* /ɯ/ can be heard as
in syllable-initial position and as retroflex
̩when after retroflex consonants.
References
Qiangic languages
Languages of Sichuan
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