Badong Yao language
Badong Yao | |
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Batong Yao | |
Region | southern Hunan |
Language family | Sino-Tibetan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | None (mis ) |
Glottolog | None |
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 |
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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[]
Categories:
- Varieties of Chinese
- Sino-Tibetan languages
- Yao people