Chadong
Chadong is a Tai-Kadai language spoken in China. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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The Chadong language (also called Chaodong, Chinese: 茶洞語) is a Kam–Sui language spoken mainly in Chadong Township, Lingui County, Guilin, northeastern Guangxi, China. It is most closely related to the Maonan language. Chadong has only been recently described by Chinese linguist Jinfang Li in the 1990s and 2000s.
Speakers are classified by the Chinese government as ethnic Han.
From Wikipedia · Chadong language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Chadong
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | l3n* | |
| name | lan* | |
| eye | la* | |
| ear | peThia* | |
| nose | naN* | |
| tooth | pyan* | |
| tongue | ma* | |
| hand | mi* | |
| blood | phiat* | |
| bone | m3mkut* | |
| skin | pi* | |
| knee | Tioko* | |
| breast | pu* | |
| liver | tap* | |
| water | n̥am³ | |
| fire | wi* | |
| sun | nifei* | |
| stone | ti* | |
| tree | mi* | |
| leaf | fa* | |
| night | 5iamlap* | |
| dog | ma* | |
| fish | m3m* | |
| one | jit⁷ | |
| two | Sia* | |
| you | 5i* | |
| we | lie* | |
| drink | suk* | |
| see | laNcik* | |
| hear | nicik* |
* 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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