Namuyi
Namuyi is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in China, by about 5,000 people. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Namuyi (Namuzi; autonym: na54 mʑi54) is a Tibeto-Burman language belonging to the Naic branch, spoken by approximately 10,000 people. It is primarily spoken in southern Sichuan. Namuyi has also been classified as Qiangic by Sun Hongkai (2001) and Guillaume Jacques (2011). The eastern and western dialects have low mutual intelligibility. In Sichuan, it is spoken in Muli County and Mianning County. The language is endangered and the number of speakers with fluency is decreasing year by year, as most teenagers do not speak the language, instead speaking the Sichuan dialect of Chinese.
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Words in Namuyi
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | chuo* | |
| eye | miEl3* | |
| ear | 7hipE* | |
| nose | 5iNga* | |
| tooth | xi* | |
| tongue | yiLE* | |
| hand | lEkE* | |
| blood | sE* | |
| bone | saqa* | |
| skin | 3rsr* | |
| liver | si* | |
| water | ndʐɿ⁵³ | |
| fire | mi* | |
| sun | 5imi* | |
| star | cr* | |
| stone | luqua* | |
| mountain | Ngagu* | |
| tree | srpo* | |
| leaf | srphsr* | |
| night | hiqho* | |
| dog | chr* | |
| fish | zu* | |
| louse | su* | |
| one | Ci* | |
| two | 5i* | |
| I | Na* | |
| you | nuo* | |
| we | aXo* | |
| drink | cr* | |
| see | l3* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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- ErsuSino-Tibetan88% alike
- Northern BaiSino-Tibetan87% alike
- Peripheral MongolianMongolic-Khitan87% alike
- Bori-KarkoSino-Tibetan85% alike
- ZakhringSino-Tibetan85% alike
- GaroSino-Tibetan85% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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