| Phom | |
|---|---|
| Native to | India |
| Region | Nagaland |
Native speakers | 54,416 (2011 estimation)[1] |
Sino-Tibetan
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | nph |
| Glottolog | phom1236 |
| ELP | Phom Naga |
Phom is aSino-Tibetan language spoken by thePhom Nagas ofNagaland,Northeast India. It's speakers are primarily inLongleng district and few parts of bordering districts. The Phom language is written inLatin script and consists of 27 letters.
Alternate names for Phom language includes Phom, Phom shah. "Shah" is the Phom word for language. A Morung is called Pang and log drums, popular in Phom tradition are referred to as Shem.
All phonological charts are from Burling (1998).
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | aspirated | pʰ | tʰ | ʈ͡ʂʰ | kʰ | ||
| unaspirated | p | t | ʈ͡ʂ | k | |||
| Fricative | voiceless | ʂ | h | ||||
| voiced | ʐ | ||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | |||
| Approximant | w | l | j | ||||
A large part of the vocabulary of Phom is inherited fromproto-Sino-Tibetan.
| Meaning | Old Chinese | WrittenTibetan | WrittenBurmese | Phom |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "I" | 吾 *ŋa | nga | ŋa | ngei |
| "you" | 汝 *njaʔ | – | naŋ | nüng |
| "not" | 無 *mja | ma | ma' | nüvai |
| "two" | 二 *njijs | gnyis | hnac < *hnit | nyi |
| "three" | 三 *sum | gsum | sûm | jem |
| "five" | 五 *ŋaʔ | lnga | ŋâ | nga |
| "six" | 六 *C-rjuk | drug | khrok < *khruk | vok |
| "sun", "day" | 日 *njit | nyi-ma | ne < *niy | nyih |
| "name" | 名 *mjeŋ | ming | ə-mañ < *ə-miŋ | men |
| "eye" | 目 *mjuk | mig | myak | mük |
| "fish" | 魚 *ŋja | nya | ŋâ | nyah |
| "dog" | 犬 *kʷʰenʔ | khyi | khwe < *khuy | shi |