Hu
Hu is an Austroasiatic language spoken in China. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Hu (Hu pronunciation: [xúˀ], Chinese: 户语; pinyin: Hùyǔ), also Angku or Kon Keu, is a Palaungic language of Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, China. Its speakers are an unclassified ethnic minority; the Chinese government counts the Angku as members of the Bulang nationality, but the Angkuic languages is not intelligible with Bulang.
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Words in Hu
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | 7i7* | |
| eye | sonoi* | |
| ear | nosok* | |
| nose | kot37* | |
| tooth | khiN* | |
| tongue | nthok* | |
| hand | thi7* | |
| blood | nnom* | |
| bone | ko7oN* | |
| knee | khiN* | |
| liver | kothom* | |
| water | ʔɔ̀m | |
| fire | Nol* | |
| sun | Noi* | |
| star | me5* | |
| stone | somo7* | |
| mountain | pXi7* | |
| tree | 8e7* | |
| leaf | lo7* | |
| dog | so7* | |
| fish | 7opolow* | |
| louse | nsi7* | |
| one | 7omo* | |
| two | ko7o* | |
| I | 7o7* | |
| you | me7* | |
| we | 7e7* | |
| drink | theN* | |
| die | iom* | |
| new | thome7* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
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- Riang (Myanmar)Austroasiatic35% alike
- LametAustroasiatic32% alike
- Eastern LawaAustroasiatic31% alike
- MuakAustroasiatic30% alike
- Western LawaAustroasiatic25% alike
Grammar
- Pa-HngHmong-Mien98% alike
- Rumai PalaungAustroasiatic97% alike
- Younuo BunuHmong-Mien97% alike
- Biao MonHmong-Mien97% alike
- HalangAustroasiatic96% alike
- UAustroasiatic96% 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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