Anāl language

Anal, also known as Namfau after the two principal villages it is spoken in, is a Northern Kukish language, part of the Sino-Tibetan language family, spoken by the Anal people in India and a dwindling number in Burma. It had 13,900 speakers in India according to the 2001 census, and 50 in Burma in 2010.[1] It has two principal dialects, Laizo and Malshom, and is closest to Lamkang. The language of wider communication is Meithei.

Anāl
Native toIndia and Myanmar
RegionSoutheast Manipur
EthnicityAnāl Naga
Native speakers
14,000 (2001 census)[1]
Dialects
  • Langet
Language codes
ISO 639-3anm
qfs Langet
Glottologanal1239
ELPAnal

Anal is written in the Latin script,[2] with a literacy rate of about 74%.[1]

Langet may be a dialect, though its position within Kukish is uncertain (Shafer 1955:106).

Geographical distribution

Anal is spoken in southeastern Manipur, in the Chandel district, on the banks of the Chakpi River in towns such as Chandel and Chakpikarong, and also in the Tengnoupal district (Ethnologue).

Phonology

Consonants
Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal voiceless m̥ n̥ ŋ̊
voiced m n ŋ
Plosive/
Affricate		 voiceless p t tʃ k
aspirated pʰ tʰ kʰ
voiced b d dʒ
Fricative s h
Approximant voiced ʋ l
voiceless l̥
Rhotic voiced r
voiceless r̥

/dʒ/ can also be heard as a glide [j] in free variation.

Vowels
Front Central Back
Close i u
Mid e ə o
Open a

[3]

Vocabulary

The following vocabulary exemplifies words in the language.[4]

AnalglossAnalgloss
khol'deep hole'; 'social division'ahno'kind of short skirt'
lunguin'kind of long shawl'zupar'rice beer'
piruili'elopement'Jol min'bride price'
ithin'divorce'sinnuperu'adultery'
pakum'hearth'mote'first-born'
kopu'second-born'cakhow'brown rice'
khon'fifty rupees'thunlon'grave'
dao'kind of iron blade'shingkho'plate'
vopum'basket'athiru'kind of bead necklace'
akarfo'kind of China necklace'sanamba'kind of fiddle'
tilli'kind of flageolet'tuklee'kind of loom'

References
  1. Anāl at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Bareh 2007, p. 120
  3. Devi, Thounaojam Thajamanbi (2015). A Descriptive Grammar of Anal. Silchar: Assam University.
  4. Bareh 2007, pp. 119–128

Bibliography


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