Kim Mun
Kim Mun is a Hmong-Mien language spoken in China, Vietnam, and Laos.
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Kim Mun (Chinese: 金門方言; also Lanten or Landian 蓝靛) is a Mienic language spoken by 200,000 of the Yao people in the Chinese provinces of Guangxi, Hunan and Yunnan, with about 61,000 of the speakers in Hainan Province. There are also speakers in Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand.
Iu Mien and Kim Mun are similar to each other, having a lexical similarity percentage of 78%.
From Wikipedia · Kim Mun language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Kim Mun
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | mun* | |
| name | bu* | |
| eye | mei* | |
| ear | nom* | |
| nose | CoN* | |
| tooth | 5a* | |
| tongue | byEt* | |
| hand | pu* | |
| blood | Sam* | |
| bone | suN* | |
| skin | dop* | |
| breast | nu* | |
| water | wuoml | |
| fire | tou* | |
| sun | noi* | |
| star | siN* | |
| stone | gyou* | |
| mountain | CoN* | |
| tree | gyaN* | |
| leaf | nom* | |
| dog | klo* | |
| fish | byau* | |
| louse | tam* | |
| one | a* | |
| two | i* | |
| I | ya* | |
| you | mei* | |
| drink | hop* | |
| see | maN* | |
| hear | fot* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Iu MienHmong-Mien61% alike
- Dzao MinHmong-Mien39% alike
- Biao-Jiao MienHmong-Mien33% alike
- Biao MonHmong-Mien29% alike
- Jiongnai BunuHmong-Mien16% alike
- Western TamangSino-Tibetan14% 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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