Lachi
Lachi is a Tai-Kadai language spoken in China and Vietnam. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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The Lachi language (Chinese: 拉基; pinyin: lājī, Vietnamese: La Chí; autonym in China: li35 pu44 ljo44; autonym in Vietnam: qu32 te453, where qu32 means "person") is a Kra language spoken in Yunnan, China and in northern Vietnam. There were 9,500 Lachi speakers in Vietnam in 1990. Edmondson (2008) reports another 2,500 in Maguan County, Yunnan, China for 1995, but Li Yunbing (2000) reports 60 speakers in Maguan out of an ethnic population of 1,600.
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Words in Lachi
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| name | nye* | |
| eye | tyu* | |
| ear | lhu* | |
| nose | 5a* | |
| tooth | sei* | |
| tongue | nhyo* | |
| hand | m* | |
| blood | pyo* | |
| bone | thyo* | |
| skin | tu* | |
| knee | kwE* | |
| liver | tya* | |
| water | i* | |
| fire | pye* | |
| sun | vho* | |
| star | lei* | |
| stone | lyu* | |
| mountain | Chi* | |
| tree | tye* | |
| dog | m* | |
| fish | lhi* | |
| louse | tye* | |
| one | Ca* | |
| two | su* | |
| I | ki* | |
| you | m* | |
| we | te* | |
| hear | yo* | |
| die | phi* | |
| come | thi* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
- White LachiTai-Kadai45% alike
- Central Gelao-QauTai-Kadai21% alike
- Laha (Viet Nam)Tai-Kadai19% alike
- Hagei GelaoTai-Kadai13% alike
- NyabwaKru12% alike
- ETai-Kadai12% alike
Grammar
- BihAustronesian94% alike
- UAustroasiatic93% alike
- Northern RoglaiAustronesian92% alike
- HalangAustroasiatic92% alike
- GbayaAtlantic-Congo92% alike
- Eastern ChamAustronesian92% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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