Badong Yao language

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Badong Yao
Batong Yao
Regionsouthern Hunan
Language family
Sino-Tibetan
  • Sinitic
    • (unclassified)
      • Badong Yao
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
GlottologNone

Badong Yao language (Chinese:八垌瑶语) is an unclassified Sinitic language spoken by the Yao people in Xinning County, Hunan province, China. Badong Yao is currently endangered, and is spoken in the villages of Huangyandong 黄岩峒, Malindong 麻林峒, and Dazhendong 大圳峒 in Huangjin Ethnic Yao Township 黄金瑶族乡, Xinning County.[1] It is also spoken in Malin Ethnic Yao Township 麻林瑶族乡, located just to the east of Huangjin Township.

Vocabulary[]

The following word list of Badong Yao is from Li (2011:332-334).[2]

Chinese gloss English gloss Badong Yao 八峒瑶 Page
硬 hard, stiff ŋai˩ 332
牛 cattle ŋau˩˧ 332
你 you (singular) ŋ̩˧ 332
一 one i˥ 333
二 two liə˩ 333
三 three sa˧˥ 333
四 four ɕi˥ 333
五 five ɤŋ˧ 333
六 six lei˧ 333
七 seven tɕʰi˥ 333
八 eight pia˧ 333
九 nine tɕy˧ 333
十 ten dzi˩ 333
百 hundred pa˧ 333
千 thousand tsʰai˧˥ 333
万 million uai˩ 333
亿 hundred million i˧˥ 333
斤 jin (Chinese measurement) tɕin˧˥ 333
两 double lio˧ 333
个 classifier (general) kəu˧ 333
只 classifier (animals, pieces) tɕa˧ 333
蔸 root and stem of certain plants tau˧˥ 333
条 classifier (thin, long objects) dy˩˧ 333
根 root ɣai˩˧ 333
丈 husband dio˧ 333
尺 chi (Chinese measurement) tsʰa˧ 333
里 li (Chinese measurement) li˧ 333
天 sky tʰiə˧˥ 333
地 ground ti˩ 333
人 person, human being ɤŋ˩˧ 333
云 cloud ɣoŋ˧ 333
雨 rain u˧ 333
霜 frost ɕio˧˥ 333
东 east toŋ˧˥ 333
南 south la˧ 333
西 west ɕi˧˥ 333
北 north pai˧ 333
春 spring tɕʰoŋ˧˥ 333
夏 summer xa˩ 333
秋 autumn tsʰei˧˥ 333
冬 winter toŋ˧˥ 333
鸡 chicken tɕi˧˥ 333
狗 dog kau˧ 333
跳 to jump tʰei˧ 333
打 to hit dei˧ 333
抬 to lift diəa˧ 333
爬 to climb la˧ 333
快 fast kʰəa˧ 333
慢 slow mai˩ 333
好 good xəu˧ 333
坏 bad ya˩ 333
黑 black xai˧ 333
白 white ba˩ 333
起床 to get up from bed di˧tɕʰi˩ 333
洗脸 to wash face ɕiə˧miə˩˧ 333
梳头 to comb hair ɕy˧˥dau˧ 333
炒菜 to stir-fry vegetables tsʰəu˧tɕʰəa˥˧ 333
吃亮堂饭（早饭） to eat breakfast y˩do˩˧lo˧˥pai˩ 333
喂猪 to feed pig ui˥tei˧˥ 333
看牛 to tend cattle lei˥ŋao˧ 333
弄柴 to prepare firewood ləu˧˥dʑəa˧ 333
烧火 to burn fire ɕy˧˥fəu˧ 333
吃半日饭（中午饭） to eat lunch y˩po˥ɣoŋ˧pai˩ 333
挑水 to carry water ta˧˥ɕui˧ 333
洗衣 to wash clothes ɕiə˧i˧˥ 333
缝衣 to sew clothes lai˧i˧˥ 333
洗澡 to take a bath ba˩˧duo˩˧ 333
吃夜头饭 to eat dinner yi˩ia˩dau˧pai˩ 333
穿衣 to wear clothes təu˧i˧˥ 333
穿裤 to wear pants bəu˩˧fu˥ 333
穿鞋 to wear shoes da˩iəa˩˧ 333
戴帽子 to wear hat tia˥mo˧tə˩⁰ 333
睡觉 to sleep miə˧ŋo˩˧tɕo˩⁰ 333
自己 self (reflexive) tɕiə˩ka˧˥ 334
我们 we (exclusive) a˧li˧˥ 334
他们 they tʰaŋ˧˥li˩⁰ 334
大家 everyone tɕin˩ɕi˥ 334
老女（妻子） old woman (wife) ləu˧ny˧˥ 334
主家人（丈夫） head of household (husband) tɕəu˧ka˧˥ɤŋ˩˧ 334

References[]

  1. ^ Lei Biying; Zheng Linguang [雷碧英; 郑林光; 新宁县民族宗教事务局; 新宁县黄金瑶族乡中心学校]. 2012. Badong Yao language [八峒瑶语]. Xinning: Xinning County Ethnic and Religious Affairs Bureau [新宁县民族宗教事务局].
  2. ^ Li Zirong [李志荣] (ed). 2011. Hunan Yaozu [湖南瑶族]. Beijing: Ethnic Publishing House [民族出版社]. ISBN 978-7-105-11699-7
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