Ersu
Ersu is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in China. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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The Ersu language proper (Chinese: 尔苏 Ěrsū) is a Sino-Tibetan (Trans-Himalayan language) spoken in western Sichuan, China. It is the most widely spoken of the three Ersu languages. There are 13,000 speakers according to Sun (1982).
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Words in Ersu
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | chuo* | |
| name | mi* | |
| eye | nduose* | |
| ear | napi* | |
| nose | kimu* | |
| tooth | fu* | |
| tongue | tipi* | |
| hand | lepi* | |
| blood | Su* | |
| bone | 3rkhuo* | |
| skin | ngarpi* | |
| knee | pinbi* | |
| breast | ja53* | |
| liver | cha* | |
| water | dzo | |
| fire | me* | |
| sun | 5imi* | |
| star | ʈɽź̩ | |
| stone | luobo* | |
| mountain | nbi* | |
| tree | sepu* | |
| leaf | sephZE* | |
| night | nkhu* | |
| dog | Chu* | |
| fish | 5E* | |
| louse | SumE* | |
| one | te* | |
| two | ne* | |
| I | E* | |
| you | ne* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
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- KhroskyabsSino-Tibetan15% alike
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Grammar
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- NamuyiSino-Tibetan88% alike
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- Liangmai NagaSino-Tibetan87% alike
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- Khumi ChinSino-Tibetan85% alike
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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