Lakkia
Lakkia is a Tai-Kadai language spoken in China, by about 9,000 people. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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The Lakkia language (Chinese: 拉珈语; pinyin: Lājiāyǔ), also spelled Lakkja after its IPA transcription, is a Kra–Dai language spoken in Jinxiu Yao Autonomous County, Laibin, East-Central Guangxi, China.
Lakkia speakers are thought to have migrated from further east, possibly from the Biao-speaking areas of Northwestern Guangdong Province (L.-Thongkum 1992). Today, they live mostly in the Dayaoshan (Chinese: 大瑶山; lit. 'Big Yao Mountain') region of Jinxiu County.
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Words in Lakkia
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | nyun* | |
| name | yan* | |
| eye | pui* | |
| ear | kanya* | |
| nose | naN* | |
| tooth | wan* | |
| tongue | 5wa* | |
| hand | mie* | |
| blood | liet* | |
| bone | kwot* | |
| skin | pei* | |
| liver | tap* | |
| water | num⁴ | |
| fire | phla* | |
| sun | tauwan* | |
| star | taublet* | |
| stone | faN* | |
| mountain | kya* | |
| tree | cei* | |
| leaf | wa* | |
| night | bonblau* | |
| dog | khwo* | |
| fish | mot* | |
| louse | Nwan* | |
| one | in* | |
| two | hou* | |
| I | ci* | |
| you | ma* | |
| we | ta* | |
| drink | hop* |
* 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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