Rawang
Rawang is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in China, India, and Myanmar, by about 63 thousand people.
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Rawang (Rvwàng) is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken primarily in northern Myanmar and northeast India. While Rawang displays a high degree of internal diversity—with some varieties being mutually intelligible only with difficulty—the Mutwang (Matwang) dialect is widely accepted as the standard for communication and the basis of the written language.
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Words in Rawang
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| eye | ne | |
| blood | shvwi | |
| water | thi | |
| moon | shvlá | |
| fish | nga | |
| two | ní | |
| three | shø̀m | |
| five | pvngwà |
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Vocabulary
- DrungSino-Tibetan39% alike
- Nung (Myanmar)Sino-Tibetan35% alike
- HponSino-Tibetan24% alike
- TshanglaSino-Tibetan23% alike
- BujhyalSino-Tibetan22% alike
- Senthang ChinSino-Tibetan22% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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