Logo
Unionpedia
Communication
Get it on Google Play
New! Download Unionpedia on your Android™ device!
Install
Faster access than browser!
 

Sumi language

Index Sumi language

Sema, also Sumi or Simi, is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Nagaland, India. [1]

37 relations: Affricate consonant, Alveolar consonant, Angami–Pochuri languages, Approximant consonant, Aspirated consonant, Assam, Back vowel, Bilabial consonant, Central consonant, Central vowel, Close vowel, Ethnologue, Fricative consonant, Front vowel, Glottal consonant, India, International Phonetic Alphabet, Kohima district, Labiodental consonant, Lateral consonant, Mid vowel, Mokokchung district, Nagaland, Nasal consonant, Open vowel, Palatal consonant, Postalveolar consonant, Sino-Tibetan languages, Stop consonant, Sumi Naga, Tinsukia district, Tuensang district, Uvular consonant, Velar consonant, Voice (phonetics), Voicelessness, Zunheboto district.

Affricate consonant

An affricate is a consonant that begins as a stop and releases as a fricative, generally with the same place of articulation (most often coronal).

New!!: Sumi language and Affricate consonant · See more »

Alveolar consonant

Alveolar consonants are articulated with the tongue against or close to the superior alveolar ridge, which is called that because it contains the alveoli (the sockets) of the superior teeth.

New!!: Sumi language and Alveolar consonant · See more »

Angami–Pochuri languages

The Angami–Pochuri languages are a small family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southern Nagaland and Northern Manipur of northeast India.

New!!: Sumi language and Angami–Pochuri languages · See more »

Approximant consonant

Approximants are speech sounds that involve the articulators approaching each other but not narrowly enough nor with enough articulatory precision to create turbulent airflow.

New!!: Sumi language and Approximant consonant · See more »

Aspirated consonant

In phonetics, aspiration is the strong burst of breath that accompanies either the release or, in the case of preaspiration, the closure of some obstruents.

New!!: Sumi language and Aspirated consonant · See more »

Assam

Assam is a state in Northeast India, situated south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys.

New!!: Sumi language and Assam · See more »

Back vowel

A back vowel is any in a class of vowel sound used in spoken languages.

New!!: Sumi language and Back vowel · See more »

Bilabial consonant

In phonetics, a bilabial consonant is a consonant articulated with both lips.

New!!: Sumi language and Bilabial consonant · See more »

Central consonant

A central consonant, also known as a median consonant, is a consonant sound that is produced when air flows across the center of the mouth over the tongue.

New!!: Sumi language and Central consonant · See more »

Central vowel

A central vowel is any in a class of vowel sound used in some spoken languages.

New!!: Sumi language and Central vowel · See more »

Close vowel

A close vowel, also known as a high vowel (in American terminology), is any in a class of vowel sound used in many spoken languages.

New!!: Sumi language and Close vowel · See more »

Ethnologue

Ethnologue: Languages of the World is an annual reference publication in print and online that provides statistics and other information on the living languages of the world.

New!!: Sumi language and Ethnologue · See more »

Fricative consonant

Fricatives are consonants produced by forcing air through a narrow channel made by placing two articulators close together.

New!!: Sumi language and Fricative consonant · See more »

Front vowel

A front vowel is any in a class of vowel sound used in some spoken languages, its defining characteristic being that the highest point of the tongue is positioned relatively in front in the mouth without creating a constriction that would make it a consonant.

New!!: Sumi language and Front vowel · See more »

Glottal consonant

Glottal consonants are consonants using the glottis as their primary articulation.

New!!: Sumi language and Glottal consonant · See more »

India

India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.

New!!: Sumi language and India · See more »

International Phonetic Alphabet

The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is an alphabetic system of phonetic notation based primarily on the Latin alphabet.

New!!: Sumi language and International Phonetic Alphabet · See more »

Kohima district

Kohima district (pron:/ˈkəʊhɪˌmɑː or kəʊˈhiːmə/) is a district of Nagaland state in India.

New!!: Sumi language and Kohima district · See more »

Labiodental consonant

In phonetics, labiodentals are consonants articulated with the lower lip and the upper teeth.

New!!: Sumi language and Labiodental consonant · See more »

Lateral consonant

A lateral is an l-like consonant in which the airstream proceeds along the sides of the tongue, but it is blocked by the tongue from going through the middle of the mouth.

New!!: Sumi language and Lateral consonant · See more »

Mid vowel

A mid vowel (or a true-mid vowel) is any in a class of vowel sounds used in some spoken languages.

New!!: Sumi language and Mid vowel · See more »

Mokokchung district

Mokokchung (Pron:/ˌməʊkɒkˈtʃʌŋ/) is a district of Nagaland state in India.

New!!: Sumi language and Mokokchung district · See more »

Nagaland

Nagaland is a state in Northeast India.

New!!: Sumi language and Nagaland · See more »

Nasal consonant

In phonetics, a nasal, also called a nasal occlusive, nasal stop in contrast with a nasal fricative, or nasal continuant, is an occlusive consonant produced with a lowered velum, allowing air to escape freely through the nose.

New!!: Sumi language and Nasal consonant · See more »

Open vowel

An open vowel is a vowel sound in which the tongue is positioned as far as possible from the roof of the mouth.

New!!: Sumi language and Open vowel · See more »

Palatal consonant

Palatal consonants are consonants articulated with the body of the tongue raised against the hard palate (the middle part of the roof of the mouth).

New!!: Sumi language and Palatal consonant · See more »

Postalveolar consonant

Postalveolar consonants (sometimes spelled post-alveolar) are consonants articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge, farther back in the mouth than the alveolar consonants, which are at the ridge itself but not as far back as the hard palate, the place of articulation for palatal consonants.

New!!: Sumi language and Postalveolar consonant · See more »

Sino-Tibetan languages

The Sino-Tibetan languages, in a few sources also known as Trans-Himalayan, are a family of more than 400 languages spoken in East Asia, Southeast Asia and South Asia.

New!!: Sumi language and Sino-Tibetan languages · See more »

Stop consonant

In phonetics, a stop, also known as a plosive or oral occlusive, is a consonant in which the vocal tract is blocked so that all airflow ceases.

New!!: Sumi language and Stop consonant · See more »

Sumi Naga

The Sumi Naga is one of the major Naga peoples in Nagaland, India.

New!!: Sumi language and Sumi Naga · See more »

Tinsukia district

Tinsukia district (Pron:ˌtɪnˈsʊkiə) is one of the 27 administrative districts in the state of Assam, India.

New!!: Sumi language and Tinsukia district · See more »

Tuensang district

Tuensang District (Pron:/ˌtjuːənˈsæŋ/) is the largest and the eastern most district of Nagaland, a state in North-East India.

New!!: Sumi language and Tuensang district · See more »

Uvular consonant

Uvulars are consonants articulated with the back of the tongue against or near the uvula, that is, further back in the mouth than velar consonants.

New!!: Sumi language and Uvular consonant · See more »

Velar consonant

Velars are consonants articulated with the back part of the tongue (the dorsum) against the soft palate, the back part of the roof of the mouth (known also as the velum).

New!!: Sumi language and Velar consonant · See more »

Voice (phonetics)

Voice is a term used in phonetics and phonology to characterize speech sounds (usually consonants).

New!!: Sumi language and Voice (phonetics) · See more »

Voicelessness

In linguistics, voicelessness is the property of sounds being pronounced without the larynx vibrating.

New!!: Sumi language and Voicelessness · See more »

Zunheboto district

Zunheboto (Pron:/ˌzʌnˈhiːbəʊtəʊ/) is a district of Nagaland state in India.

New!!: Sumi language and Zunheboto district · See more »

Redirects here:

Dayang language, ISO 639:nsm, Sema Naga language, Sema language, Simi language, Sumi Naga language, Zumomi language, Zumoni language.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumi_language

OutgoingIncoming
Hey! We are on Facebook now! »