Yongning Na

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Yongning Na is a dialect of the Naxi language spoken primarily in the Yongning region of southwestern China, known for its tonal complexity and interest to linguists studying Sino-Tibetan languages.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect
variety of the Naxi language
closelyRelatedTo Na (Mosuo) NERFINISHED
Naxi (Nakhi) NERFINISHED
country China
endangeredStatus vulnerable
glottocode yong1270
glottologName Yongning Na NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Narua of Yongning NERFINISHED
Yongning Narua NERFINISHED
hasCorpus archived in language documentation repositories
hasFeature complex tone system
high tonal complexity
phonemic tones
hasFieldwork documented by Alexis Michaud
hasLinguisticResearch detailed phonological descriptions
morphosyntactic descriptions
tone system analyses
hasMorphologicalType analytic
hasPhonologicalFeature contour tones
register contrasts
tone sandhi
hasPhonologicalUnit tone-bearing syllable
hasResearchTopic diachronic development of tones
prosodic structure
tone–morphology interaction
iso639-3 nru
isOfInterestTo linguists
languageFamily Naish NERFINISHED
Sino-Tibetan NERFINISHED
linguisticArea Sichuan–Yunnan linguistic area NERFINISHED
partOf Naxi language NERFINISHED
region Yunnan Province NERFINISHED
script Latin-based transcription in linguistic work
spokenIn Yongning region NERFINISHED
southwestern China
studiedWithin Naish comparative studies
Sino-Tibetan linguistics
subclassOf Naxi language variety
Sino-Tibetan language variety
tonalLanguage true
usedBy Na ethnic group NERFINISHED
usedIn everyday communication in Yongning communities
oral tradition
wordOrder SOV
writingSystem primarily unwritten

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Naxi language hasDialects Yongning Na