Ganan language
| Ganan | |
|---|---|
| Kanan | |
| Native to | Myanmar |
| Region | Sagaing Region |
Native speakers | 9,000 (2007)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | zkn |
| Glottolog | gana1267 |
| ELP | Kanan |
 Ganan is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
Ganan (Burmese: ကနန်း; also spelled as Ganaan or Kanan) is a Sino-Tibetan language of northwestern Myanmar, spoken in Sagaing Region.[2] It belongs to the Luish branch, and is most closely related to the Kadu language of Myanmar, with which it shares 84 to 89% lexical similarity.[2] The Ganan dialects share 95 to 99% lexical similarity.[2]
Phonology
[edit]Vowels
[edit]| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| Close-mid | e | o | |
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɜ | ɔ |
| Open | a |
Consonants
[edit]| Bilabial | Alveolar | Alveolo-palatal | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | Voiceless | p | t | k | ʔ | ||
| Voiced | b | d | ɡ | ||||
| Fricative | Voiceless | s | ɕ | h | |||
| Voiced | z | ʑ | |||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | |||
| Approximant | l | j | w | ||||
Names
[edit]Ethnologue lists Ganaan, Ganan, Ganon, Genan, Kanan as alternate names.
Distribution
[edit]According to Ethnologue, as of 2007 Ganan is spoken in 24 villages of Banmauk Township along the Mu River by 9,000 people in Katha District, Sagaing Region, Myanmar.[2] It is also located in a few villages in Homalin, Indaw, and Pinlebu townships.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ Ganan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Myanmar". Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-10-10.
- Huziwara, Keisuke 藤原, 敬介. 2012. Rui sogo no saikou ni mukete ルイ祖語の再構にむけて [Toward a reconstruction of Proto-Luish]. In Kyoto University Linguistic Research 京都大学言語学研究 (2012), 31: 25-131. doi:10.14989/182194
- Matisoff, James A. 2013. Re-examining the genetic position of Jingpho: putting flesh on the bones of the Jingpho/Luish relationship. Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area 36(2). 1–106.