Ai-Cham
Ai-Cham is a Tai-Kadai language spoken in China. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Ai-Cham (autonym: ʔai33 cam11; Chinese: 锦话) is a Kam–Sui language spoken mainly in Diwo 地莪 and Boyao 播尧 Townships, Jialiang District, Libo County, Qiannan Prefecture, Guizhou, China. Alternative names for the language are Jiamuhua, Jinhua and Atsam. Fang-Kuei Li first distinguished the language in 1943. Nearby languages include Bouyei and Mak. However, Yang (2000) considers Ai-Cham and Mak to be different dialects of an identical language.
Ai-Cham has six tones. Regarded of speaker's nationality, they are being subsumed under "Bouyei" nationality (same with speakers of Mak language).
The mythical patriarch and hero of the Ai-Cham people is the demigod Wu Sangui, who is celebrated during the Ai-Cham New Year.
From Wikipedia · Ai-Cham language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Ai-Cham
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | aiTin* | |
| name | dan* | |
| eye | da* | |
| ear | Tha* | |
| nose | naN* | |
| tooth | y3u* | |
| tongue | ma* | |
| hand | myi* | |
| blood | phyat* | |
| bone | dak* | |
| skin | p3i* | |
| knee | Taukau* | |
| breast | Su* | |
| liver | tap* | |
| water | nam³ | |
| fire | v3i* | |
| sun | davan* | |
| star | daud3i* | |
| stone | tui* | |
| mountain | pu* | |
| tree | mai* | |
| leaf | va* | |
| night | t3zan* | |
| dog | t3ma* | |
| fish | t3m3m* | |
| louse | t3t3u* | |
| one | deu* | |
| two | ya* | |
| I | 3u* | |
| you | N* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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