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

Kinnauri language

Index Kinnauri language

Kinnauri, also known as Kanauri, Kanor, Koonawur, or Kunawar, is a Sino-Tibetan dialect cluster centered on the Kinnaur district of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. [1]

39 relations: Affricate consonant, Alveolar consonant, Alveolo-palatal consonant, Approximant consonant, Aspirated consonant, Back vowel, Bilabial consonant, Central vowel, Close vowel, Dialect, Ethnologue, Fricative consonant, Front vowel, Glottal consonant, Himachal Pradesh, India, Kaike language, Kinnaur district, Lahaul and Spiti district, Lahuli–Spiti languages, Mid vowel, Nasal consonant, Open vowel, Palatal consonant, Rampur, Uttar Pradesh, Retroflex consonant, Shimla district, Sino-Tibetan languages, States and union territories of India, Stop consonant, Sunam language, Syllable, Tamangic languages, Tibeto-Kanauri languages, Trill consonant, Velar consonant, Voice (phonetics), Voicelessness, West Himalayish languages.

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!!: Kinnauri 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!!: Kinnauri language and Alveolar consonant · See more »

Alveolo-palatal consonant

In phonetics, alveolo-palatal (or alveopalatal) consonants, sometimes synonymous with pre-palatal consonants, are intermediate in articulation between the coronal and dorsal consonants, or which have simultaneous alveolar and palatal articulation.

New!!: Kinnauri language and Alveolo-palatal consonant · 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!!: Kinnauri 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!!: Kinnauri language and Aspirated consonant · See more »

Back vowel

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

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

Bilabial consonant

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

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

Central vowel

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

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

Dialect

The term dialect (from Latin,, from the Ancient Greek word,, "discourse", from,, "through" and,, "I speak") is used in two distinct ways to refer to two different types of linguistic phenomena.

New!!: Kinnauri language and Dialect · 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!!: Kinnauri 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!!: Kinnauri 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!!: Kinnauri language and Front vowel · See more »

Glottal consonant

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

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

Himachal Pradesh

Himachal Pradesh (literally "snow-laden province") is a Indian state located in North India.

New!!: Kinnauri language and Himachal Pradesh · See more »

India

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

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

Kaike language

Magar Kaike is a Sino-Tibetan language of Nepal.

New!!: Kinnauri language and Kaike language · See more »

Kinnaur district

Kinnaur is one of twelve administrative districts in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, India.

New!!: Kinnauri language and Kinnaur district · See more »

Lahaul and Spiti district

The district of Lahaul-Spiti in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh consists of the two formerly separate districts of Lahaul and Spiti.

New!!: Kinnauri language and Lahaul and Spiti district · See more »

Lahuli–Spiti languages

The Lahuli–Spiti languages or Western Innovative Tibetan languages are a subgroup of the Tibetic languages spoken in the Lahaul and Spiti region of Himachal Pradesh, India.

New!!: Kinnauri language and Lahuli–Spiti languages · 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!!: Kinnauri language and Mid vowel · 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!!: Kinnauri 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!!: Kinnauri 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!!: Kinnauri language and Palatal consonant · See more »

Rampur, Uttar Pradesh

Rampur is a city and a municipality headquarter of Rampur District in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

New!!: Kinnauri language and Rampur, Uttar Pradesh · See more »

Retroflex consonant

A retroflex consonant is a coronal consonant where the tongue has a flat, concave, or even curled shape, and is articulated between the alveolar ridge and the hard palate.

New!!: Kinnauri language and Retroflex consonant · See more »

Shimla district

Shimla district of Himachal Pradesh lies between longitude 77.00" and 78.19" east and latitude 30.45" and 31.44" north, with its headquarters in Shimla.

New!!: Kinnauri language and Shimla district · 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!!: Kinnauri language and Sino-Tibetan languages · See more »

States and union territories of India

India is a federal union comprising 29 states and 7 union territories, for a total of 36 entities.

New!!: Kinnauri language and States and union territories of India · 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!!: Kinnauri language and Stop consonant · See more »

Sunam language

Sunam is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Kinnaur district (particularly in Sunam village), Himachal Pradesh, India.

New!!: Kinnauri language and Sunam language · See more »

Syllable

A syllable is a unit of organization for a sequence of speech sounds.

New!!: Kinnauri language and Syllable · See more »

Tamangic languages

The Tamangic languages, TGTM languages, or West Bodish languages, are a family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in the Himalayas of Nepal.

New!!: Kinnauri language and Tamangic languages · See more »

Tibeto-Kanauri languages

The Tibeto-Kanauri languages, also called Bodic, Bodish–Himalayish, and Western Tibeto-Burman, are a proposed intermediate level of classification of the Sino-Tibetan languages, centered on the Tibetic languages and the Kinnauri dialect cluster.

New!!: Kinnauri language and Tibeto-Kanauri languages · See more »

Trill consonant

In phonetics, a trill is a consonantal sound produced by vibrations between the active articulator and passive articulator.

New!!: Kinnauri language and Trill 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!!: Kinnauri language and Velar consonant · See more »

Voice (phonetics)

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

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

Voicelessness

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

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

West Himalayish languages

The West Himalayish languages, also known as Almora and Kanauric, are a family of Sino-Tibetan languages centered in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and across the border into Nepal.

New!!: Kinnauri language and West Himalayish languages · See more »

Redirects here:

Chitkhuli language, Chitkuli language, ISO 639:cik, ISO 639:jna, ISO 639:kfk, ISO 639:scu, Jangshung language, Kanauri, Kanauri language, Kanor language, Kinnauri, Koonawur, Koonawur language, Kunawar, Kunawar language, Lower Kinnauri language, Puh language, Shumcho language, Sumchu language, Thebor language, Tsikhuli language, Tśikhuli language, Upper Kinnauri language.

References

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

OutgoingIncoming
Hey! We are on Facebook now! »