The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.
SIL code: DUU
ISO 639-2: sit
| Population | 11,300 speakers including 5,816 Drung (1990 census) and 5,500 ethnic Nung in the Nu nationality (1990 J-O Svantesson). About 6,000 in Nu River dialect, about 4,000 in Dulong River dialect. |
| Region | Dulong River dialect is spoken along both sides of the Dulong River in Gongshan Dulong-Nu Autonomous County in far northwestern Yunnan. Nu River dialect is spoken from Gongshan Dulong-Nu Autonomous County west to Chayu (Zayü) County in Tibet. |
| Alternate names | TRUNG, TULUNG, DULONG, QIU |
| Dialects | DULONG RIVER, NU RIVER. |
| Classification | Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Nungish. |
| Comments | The dialects are reported to be inherently intelligible. The Nu River Drung may be the same as the Tibeto-Burman 'Nung', which are also in Myanmar. Not the same as Rawang in Myanmar. Other possible dialect names are Melam, Metu, Tamalu, Tukiumu. An official nationality, called 'Dulong'. 'Qiuzu' is an old term for the people. Not a written language. SOV; 3 tones. Agriculturalists. Polytheist, Christian. |
