Mulam
Mulam is a Tai-Kadai language spoken in China, by about 86 thousand people. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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The Mulam language (Chinese: 仫佬; pinyin: Mùlǎo) is a Kam–Sui language spoken mainly in Luocheng County, Hechi, Northern Guangxi by the Mulao people. The greatest concentrations are in Dongmen and Siba communes. Their autonym is mu6 lam1. The Mulam also call themselves kjam1, which is probably cognate with lam1 and the Dong people's autonym "Kam" (Wang & Zheng 1980).
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Words in Mulam
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| hand | nja² | |
| blood | phjet⁷ | |
| water | nəm⁴ | |
| fire | fi¹ | |
| rain | kwən¹ | |
| sea | hai³ | |
| four | ti⁵ | |
| five | ŋɔ⁴ | |
| big | lo⁴ |
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Vocabulary
- SuiTai-Kadai42% alike
- Ai-ChamTai-Kadai41% alike
- Mak (China)Tai-Kadai40% alike
- ChadongTai-Kadai38% alike
- MaonanTai-Kadai37% alike
- Northern DongTai-Kadai35% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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