Man Met
Man Met is an Austroasiatic language spoken in China. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Man Met, or Kemie (Chinese: 克蔑话 Kemiehua), is a poorly classified Austroasiatic language spoken by about 1,000 people in Jinghong County, Xishuangbanna, China. It is classified as an Angkuic language by Paul Sidwell (2010). It may be or Mangic according to Li Yunbing (2005), or Palaungic. Like most other Austroasiatic languages, Kemie has subject–verb–object (SVO) word order.
Autonyms include man13 met53 (曼咪), kʰɤ31 met53 (克蔑), and kʰɤ31 miŋ33 (克敏), or khaʔ33 min33.
From Wikipedia · Man Met language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Man Met
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | i7* | |
| name | meh* | |
| eye | sakNai* | |
| ear | lasok* | |
| nose | thuto7* | |
| tooth | khEN* | |
| tongue | thak* | |
| hand | thi7* | |
| blood | nam* | |
| bone | aN* | |
| skin | aku7* | |
| knee | CeNkoN* | |
| breast | mthuh* | |
| liver | thom* | |
| water | om* | |
| fire | Nau* | |
| sun | NaiNi7* | |
| star | monNon* | |
| stone | khonmo7* | |
| mountain | noN* | |
| tree | kose7* | |
| leaf | la7* | |
| night | khoNhEk* | |
| dog | so7* | |
| fish | akha7* | |
| louse | si7* | |
| one | mo* | |
| two | au* | |
| I | o7* | |
| you | me7* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- HuAustroasiatic39% alike
- Eastern LawaAustroasiatic37% alike
- Riang (Myanmar)Austroasiatic36% alike
- South WaAustroasiatic34% alike
- SamtaoAustroasiatic34% alike
- LametAustroasiatic31% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · manm1238 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · mml