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.

Bilabial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
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Lateral Fricatives Шаблон:IPA link
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Vowels

Daai has seven vowel phonemes, each with a phonemic length contrast.

  Front Central Back
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Low Шаблон:IPA link Шаблон:IPA link

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
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

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Шаблон:Sino-Tibetan languages Шаблон:Kuki-Chin–Naga languages Шаблон:Languages of Burma


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