Yimkhiungrü language

Yimkhiungrü is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in northeast India by the Yimkhiung Naga people. It is spoken between Namchik and Patkoi in Shamator District, Nagaland, India. Yimkhiungrü language has more than 100,000 speakers and is used in over 100 villages and towns.^[1]

Yimkhiungrü
Yachumi
Native to	Nagaland, India
Region	Shamator and Kiphire districts of Nagaland
Ethnicity	Yimkhiung Naga
Native speakers	83,000 (2011 census)[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Central Naga Yimkhiungrü
Language codes
ISO 639-3	yim
Glottolog	yimc1240
ELP	Yimchungru Naga

Dialects

Ethnologue lists the following dialects of Yimchungrü:^[1]

• Tikhir
• Wai
• Chirr
• Minir
• Phanungru
• Langa

Phonology

Consonants^[2]

	Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Plosive	p b	t d	c ɟ	k
Aspirated	pʰ	tʰ	cʰ	kʰ
Fricative		s	ʃ		h
Nasal	m	n		ŋ
Approximant	w	l r	j

Vowels^[2]

	Front	Central	Back
High	i		u
Mid	e	ə	o
Low		a

Additionally, the following diphthongs have been observed: /ie/, /ou/.