Английская Википедия:Daai language
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Daai (also known as Daai Chin), which borders the Mün and Ütbü language groups, is a Kuki-Chin of Myanmar. It is spoken in 142 villages in Kanpetlet, Matupi, Mindat, and Paletwa townships in Chin State, Burma (Ethnologue).
Mutual intelligibility among Nghngilo (Yang), Daa Yindu, and Mkui groups is high, but is lower among other groups.[1] Daai has greater than 90% lexical similarity with Daa Yindu, Yang, Mkui, Duk, and Msang, 81%–88% with Ngxang (Paletwa township) and Kheng, 80% with Shiip (Matupi township), 91%–94% with Gah/Ng-Gha (part of Mün), and 81%–87% with Mün.[1]
Dialects
Ethnologue lists the following dialects of Daai Chin.
- Ngxang
- Nghngilo (Yang)
- Ma-Tu
- Shiip
- Duk-Msang
- Kheng
- Mkuui
- Yet
Phonology
Consonants
Daai has twenty-four consonant phonemes.
Vowels
Daai has seven vowel phonemes, each with a phonemic length contrast.
Grammar
Daai is an isolating or analytic language. There is no inflectional morphology at the word level; case, number, and tense are marked by clitics.
Examples
Daai | English |
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mthan | night |
mpyong | mouth |
kpyak | to destroy |
pha | to arrive |
Nghngaai-ktheih hmin lokti. | The mango fruits became ripe. |
Mat jah mata i:ma am ngleh-ei ni. | They did not visit each other's houses. |
References
- Naing Kheng. 2017. A phonological description of the Mkuui variety of Dai Chin Шаблон:Webarchive. Master's Thesis.
- Helga So-Hartmann. 2009. A Descriptive Grammar of Daai Chin. The Regents University of California.
Шаблон:Sino-Tibetan languages Шаблон:Kuki-Chin–Naga languages Шаблон:Languages of Burma