Ainu (China)
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Ainu (China) is a Turkic language spoken in China, by about 12 thousand people. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Äynu (also known as Abdal) is a Turkic cryptolect spoken in Western China. It is spoken by the Äynu, a nomadic people, who use it to keep their communications secret from outsiders.
The grammar of Äynu is mostly Turkic, essentially Uyghur, while its vocabulary is mainly derived from Persian and other Iranian languages. Some linguists call it a mixed language, but other linguists argue that it does not meet the technical requirements of a mixed language.
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Words in Ainu (China)
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | zen | |
| person | kEs* | |
| eye | CESmE* | |
| ear | guSa* | |
| nose | Xilman* | |
| tooth | dEndan* | |
| tongue | zEbun* | |
| hand | dEstE* | |
| blood | jipi* | |
| bone | dEndan* | |
| breast | sEp* | |
| water | ab | |
| fire | atES* | |
| sun | SEms* | |
| stone | sEN* | |
| mountain | jibily* | |
| tree | Cou* | |
| night | SEp* | |
| dog | sEg* | |
| fish | laN* | |
| louse | SiviS* | |
| one | yEky* | |
| two | du* | |
| I | mEn* | |
| you | sEn* | |
| we | biz* | |
| drink | XolaS* | |
| see | nigalaS* | |
| hear | guSla* | |
| die | kuSut* |
* 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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Elsewhere
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