Ganan language

Ganan
Ganan
Kanan
Native to	Myanmar
Region	Sagaing Region
Native speakers	9,000 (2007)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman Sal Jingpho–Luish Luish Ganan; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	zkn
Glottolog	gana1267
ELP	Kanan

Ganan (Burmese: ကနန်း; also spelled as Ganaan or Kanan) is a Sino-Tibetan language of northwestern Myanmar, spoken in Sagaing Region.^[2] It belongs to the Luish branch, and is most closely related to the Kadu language of Myanmar, with which it shares 84 to 89% lexical similarity.^[2] The Ganan dialects share 95 to 99% lexical similarity.^[2]

Names[edit]

Ethnologue lists Ganaan, Ganan, Ganon, Genan, Kanan as alternate names.

Distribution[edit]

According to Ethnologue, as of 2007 Ganan is spoken in 24 villages of Banmauk Township along the Mu River by 9,000 people in Katha District, Sagaing Region, Myanmar.^[2] It is also located in a few villages in Homalin, Indaw, and Pinlebu townships.^[2]

References[edit]

^ Ganan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Myanmar". Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-10-10.

Huziwara, Keisuke 藤原, 敬介. 2012. Rui sogo no saikou ni mukete ルイ祖語の再構にむけて [Toward a reconstruction of Proto-Luish]. In Kyoto University Linguistic Research 京都大学言語学研究 (2012), 31: 25-131. doi:10.14989/182194
Matisoff, James A. 2013. Re-examining the genetic position of Jingpho: putting flesh on the bones of the Jingpho/Luish relationship. Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area 36(2). 1–106.

[e18-1] Ganan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[:0-2] "Myanmar". Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-10-10.

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