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Nung languages are a poorly described family of uncertain affiliation within the
Tibeto-Burman languagesThe Tibeto-Burman family of languages is spoken in various central, east, south and southeast Asian countries, including Burma , Tibet, northern Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, parts of central China , northern parts of Nepal, eastern parts of Bangladesh , Bhutan, northern parts of...
. They include Drung, Răwang, Nung, Ālóng, and Ruòruò, and are spoken in Yunnan and Burma.
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Nung languages are a poorly described family of uncertain affiliation within the
Tibeto-Burman languagesThe Tibeto-Burman family of languages is spoken in various central, east, south and southeast Asian countries, including Burma , Tibet, northern Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, parts of central China , northern parts of Nepal, eastern parts of Bangladesh , Bhutan, northern parts of...
. They include Drung, Răwang, Nung, Ālóng, and Ruòruò, and are spoken in Yunnan and Burma.
Matisoff postulated a relationship between Nungish and Jingpho, but neither van Driem (2001) nor Thurgood and La Polla (2003) have been able to find substantiating evidence.