Phom is a
Sino-Tibetan
Sino-Tibetan, also cited as Trans-Himalayan in a few sources, is a family of more than 400 languages, second only to Indo-European in number of native speakers. The vast majority of these are the 1.3 billion native speakers of Chinese languages. ...
language spoken by the
Phom people of
Nagaland
Nagaland () is a landlocked States and union territories of India, state in the northeast India, northeastern region of India. It is bordered by the Indian states of Arunachal Pradesh to the north, Assam to the west, Manipur to the south and the ...
, north-eastern India. Its speakers inhabit 36 villages in
Longleng District (''Ethnologue'').
Alternate names for Phom include Assiringia, Chingmengu, Phom, Phon, Tamlu, and Tamlu Naga (''Ethnologue'').
Phonology
All phonological charts are from Burling (1998).
Vocabulary
A large part of the vocabulary of Phom is inherited from
proto-Sino-Tibetan.
References
External links
Phom PhonologyLinguistic Ecology of Phom Language
{{Languages of Northeast India
Languages of Nagaland
Sal languages
Endangered languages of India