Anal
Anal is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in India and Myanmar, by about 23 thousand people. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Anāl, also known as Namfau after the two principal villages it is spoken in, is a Kuki-Chin language, belonging to the Northwestern or "Old Kuki" subfamily,
spoken by the Anal people in India and a dwindling number in Burma. It had 13,900 speakers in India according to the 2001 census, and 50 in Burma in 2010. The speakers of this language use the Meitei language as their second language (L2) according to the Ethnologue.
The Department of Language Planning and Implementation of the Government of Manipur offers a sum of ₹5,000 (equivalent to ₹9,300 or US$96 in 2026), to every individual who learns Anal language, under certain terms and conditions.
From Wikipedia · Anāl language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Anal
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | mi* | |
| eye | mi* | |
| ear | 3n3* | |
| nose | nal* | |
| tooth | ha* | |
| tongue | p3li* | |
| hand | ku* | |
| bone | ru* | |
| skin | koN* | |
| knee | m3khu* | |
| breast | Na* | |
| liver | phul* | |
| water | du* | |
| fire | mi* | |
| sun | 3ni* | |
| star | buthr3* | |
| stone | LuN* | |
| mountain | buN* | |
| tree | thiN* | |
| leaf | n3* | |
| night | san* | |
| dog | wi* | |
| fish | Na* | |
| louse | 3thra* | |
| one | 3ke* | |
| two | 3n3* | |
| I | ni* | |
| you | n3N* | |
| we | 3nihin* | |
| drink | ne* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
- LamkangSino-Tibetan40% alike
- Bualkhaw ChinSino-Tibetan38% alike
- Monsang NagaSino-Tibetan37% alike
- Senthang ChinSino-Tibetan36% alike
- MoyonSino-Tibetan34% alike
- HmarSino-Tibetan33% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · anal1239 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · anm