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The Derung people (also spelled Drung or Dulong; own name in IPA: [tɯɹɯŋ]; Chinese: 独龙族, Pinyin: Dúlóngzú) are an ethnic group. They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. Their population of 6,000 is found in Yunnan province. Another 600 can be found along the Nu Jiang (Salween River) in the northern Gongshan County. The International Phonetic Alphabet is a phonetic alphabet used by linguists to accurately and uniquely represent each of the wide variety of sounds (phones or phonemes) the human vocal apparatus can produce. ...
Pinyin (拼音, pīnyīn) literally means join (together) sounds (a less literal translation being phoneticize, spell or transcription) in Chinese and usually refers to Hànyǔ Pīnyīn (汉语拼音, literal meaning: Han language pinyin), which is a system of romanization (phonetic notation and transliteration to roman script) for Standard Mandarin used in the...
Yunnan (Simplified Chinese: 云南; Traditional Chinese: 雲南; pinyin: ) is a province of the Peoples Republic of China, located in the far southwestern corner of the country. ...
The Salween River (also spelt Salwin, a. ...
Most of the Drung are Animist, although there are some Christians.
Language | Derung (tɯɹɯŋ) | | Spoken in: | China | | Region: | Yunnan | | Total speakers: | 11,300 | | Ranking: | | | Genetic classification: | Sino-Tibetan
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| | Official status | | Official language of: | | | Regulated by: | | | Language codes | | ISO 639-1 | | | ISO 639-2 | | | SIL | duu | | See also: Language – List of languages | The Derung language belongs to the Tibeto-Burmanic branch of the Sino-Tibetan languages. The Derung have no written language. It is believed that the Derung and Anung people are of the same origin and speak somewhat the same language. They share the same kinship terminology as well as other cultural features. The two people believe thay are brothers and sisters. While the Nu People in Fugong County in the south speak a quite different language from the "Nu"people in Gongshan. ISO 639 is one of several international standards that lists short codes for language names. ...
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Reference - Sūn Hóngkāi 孙宏开: Dúlóngyǔ jiǎnzhì 独龙语简志 (Introduction to the Derung language; Běijīng 北京, Mínzú chūbǎnshè 民族出版社 1982).
Weblink - The Drung ethnic minority (http://www.china.org.cn/e-groups/shaoshu/shao-2-drung.htm) (Chinese government site)
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