Li P N was synthesized by solid-state reaction of Li N and P N at 790 °C. It is made up of non-condensed [P N ] dreier-rings of PN -tetrahedra. The corresponding high-pressure polymorph, Li PN , was synthesized under high-pressure/high-temperature conditions from Li P N or LiPN and Li PN at 6 or 7 GPa, respectively, using the multianvil technique. Li PN is the first lithium catena-nitridophosphate and contains PN zweier-chains of corner sharing PN -tetrahedra. To confirm the structure elucidated from single-crystal X-ray data, Rietveld refinement, Li, Li, and P solid-state NMR spectroscopy, FTIR spectroscopy and EDX measurements were carried out. To examine the phase transition of Li P N to Li PN at 6 GPa and to corroborate the latter as the corresponding high-pressure polymorph, DFT calculations were conducted. Electronic band gap and electron localization function (ELF) calculations were carried out to elucidate the electronic properties and bonding behavior of both polymorphs.