Drung
A language of China
| Population | 14,000 (2000). 95% monolingual. 8,500 in Nu River dialect, 5,500 in Dulong River dialect. |
| Region | Dulong River dialect in far northwest Yunnan, Gongshan Dulong-Nu Autonomous County, both sides of the Dulong River. Nu River dialect from Gongshan Dulong-Nu Autonomous County west to Chayu (Zayü) County in Tibet. |
| Language map |
Southwestern China |
| Alternate names | Dulong, Qiu, Rawang, Trung, Tulung |
| Dialects | Dulong River (Derung River), Nu River. Dialects reportedly inherently intelligible. Nu River Drung is not the same as Tibeto-Burman ‘Nung’ [nun], which is also in Myanmar. Different from Rawang [raw] in Myanmar. Other possible dialect names are Melam, Metu, Tamalu, Tukiumu. |
| Classification | Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Nungish |
| Language use | Vigorous. Other speakers living among them use Drung as L2. All domains. All ages. Positive attitude. Also use Mandarin Chinese [cmn], Burmese [mya], or Lisu [lis]. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L1: Very few. Literacy rate in L2: 68%–73%. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
| Comments | Some in China are classified as Dulong nationality, whereas others classified as Nu nationality. ‘Qiuzu’ is an old term for the people. SOV; tonal, 3 tones. Agriculturalists; fishermen. Polytheist, Christian. |
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