Drung
Drung is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in China and Myanmar, by about 14.2 thousand people. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Dulong (simplified Chinese: 独龙语; traditional Chinese: 獨龍語; pinyin: Dúlóng) or Drung, Derung, Rawang, or Trung, is a Sino-Tibetan language in China. Dulong is closely related to the Rawang language of Myanmar (Burma). Although almost all ethnic Derung people speak the language to some degree, most are multilingual, also speaking Burmese, Lisu, and Mandarin Chinese except for a few very elderly people.
Dulong is also called: Taron, Kiu, Qui, Kiutze, Qiuzi, Kiupa, Kiao, Metu, Melam, Tamalu, Tukiumu, Qiu, Nung, Nu-tzŭ.
From Wikipedia · Derung language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Written down
Avzangf max pyvccuf byv syvnax zyxyyv ef, lifxingx ningx lyangvxinx alf, taixrav angvnikxrav gwanxxix mix syv av duixdaix.
Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).
Words in Drung
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | pema | |
| eye | meq | |
| ear | vna | |
| nose | svna | |
| tooth | sa | |
| tongue | pvlai | |
| head | u | |
| blood | sheui | |
| skin | vngpeun | |
| water | ŋɑŋ⁵⁵ | |
| fire | tvmi | |
| moon | svla | |
| wind | nvmbeung | |
| stone | lung | |
| river | wang | |
| tree | shing | |
| leaf | vng'lvp | |
| dog | dvgeui | |
| cat | nvmei | |
| bird | pvchiq | |
| horse | mvgeu | |
| pig | waq | |
| snake | beu | |
| three | vseum | |
| four | vbli | |
| five | pv'nga | |
| ten | tical | |
| hundred | hya | |
| I | vgò | |
| you | na |
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- RawangSino-Tibetan39% alike
- Nung (Myanmar)Sino-Tibetan28% alike
- TshanglaSino-Tibetan22% alike
- Pangwa NagaSino-Tibetan20% alike
- Nocte NagaSino-Tibetan18% alike
- Bualkhaw ChinSino-Tibetan18% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · drun1238 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · duu