Tsukong language
{{Short description|Loloish language of China}}
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Tsukong (autonym: {{IPA|tsu33 kɔŋ33}}) is a Loloish language of Yunnan, China. It is closely related to the Coong language of northwestern Vietnam. Tsukong speakers are found in Xishuangbanna Prefecture.
Phonology
The following phonemes are reported in Udomkool (2006).
Tsukong has twenty-four consonants /p pʰ b m w t tʰ s ts d n l ʃ c cʰ ɲ j k kʰ x g ŋ ʔ h/, 9 vowels /i e æ a ɨ ə u o ɔ/, and 3 diphthongs /əi iu ui/.
Tsukong has a three-tone system. The tones are 35 (mid-rising), 33 (mid), and 31 (mid-falling).
References
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- Udomkool, Kitjapol. 2006. [https://web.archive.org/web/20150526131622/http://ic.payap.ac.th/graduate/linguistics/theses/Kitjapol_Thesis.pdf A phonological comparison of selected Bisoid varieties]. M.A. dissertation. Chiang Mai: Payap University.
{{Languages of China}}
{{Sino-Tibetan languages}}
{{Lolo-Burmese languages}}
Category:Southern Loloish languages
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