Yong language
| Yong | |
|---|---|
| Nyong | |
| Native to | Thailand |
Native speakers | 13,000 (2000)[1] |
Kra–Dai
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | yno |
| Glottolog | yong1277 |
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Yong(Nyong) is aSouthwestern Tai languageofThailand.It is used by Tai Yong people, who are descended fromTai Luepeople fromXishuangbanna,China andKengtung,Myanmar.Ethnologuereports that Yong is phonologically similar to theTai Lue language.Most Yong speakers are multilingual and speakNorthern ThaiandStandard Thai.[2]There were 12,600 speakers as of 2000.
Distribution
[edit]Yong is spoken inSan Kamphaeng District,Chiang Mai Province,andPa Sang District,Mae Tha District,andMueang Lamphun District,Lamphun Province(Ethnologue).
Phonology
[edit]| Bilabial | Labio-dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Labial–velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | ppʰb | ttʰd | kkʰ | ʔ | |||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | |||
| Sibilantfricative | s | ||||||
| Non-sibilant fricative | f | h | |||||
| Approximant | j | w | |||||
| 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 withNorthern ThaiandStandard Thai.[2]
Further reading
[edit]- Wangsai, Piyawat. 2007. A Comparative Study of Phonological Yong and Northern Thai Language (Kammuang). M.A. thesis. Kasetsart University.
References
[edit]- ^YongatEthnologue(18th ed., 2015)(subscription required)
- ^abIntajamornrak, Chommanad (April 2019)."Tonal Variation Caused by Language Contact: A Case Study of the Yong Language"(PDF).13th ICLEHI 2019 Osaka 013-012.Retrieved12 July2022.