Nanai
На̄най хэсэни
Nanai is a Tungusic language spoken in China and Russia, by about 1,390 people. Glottolog rates it moribund.
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The Nanai language (also called Gold, Goldi, or Hezhen) is spoken by the Nanai people in Siberia, and to a much smaller extent in China's Heilongjiang province, where it is known as Hezhe. The language has about 1,400 speakers out of 17,000 ethnic Nanai, but most (especially the younger generations) are also fluent in Russian or Chinese, and mostly use one of those languages for communication.
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Written down
Хэмту найсал гипалин, мэнэ гэбудиэри, правосалдиари эмуту балдичи. Нёанчи муруӈку, дэрэлку, диа диавари а-нэу-мэт бодомари тагилайчи.
Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).
Words in Nanai
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| mother | энин | enin |
| father | ама | ama |
| child | пиктэ | pikte |
| woman | эктэнӣ | ektenī |
| person | най | naj |
| name | гэрбу | gerbu |
| eye | насал | nasal |
| ear | сиан | sian |
| nose | вакса | waksa |
| tooth | хуктэ | hukte |
| tongue | сиӈму | siŋmu |
| hand | нгала | ŋala |
| heart | миаван | miawan |
| head | дили | ʒili |
| blood | сэксэ | sekse |
| skin | хэрэктэ | herekte |
| knee | пэйнгэн | pejŋen |
| breast | кун | kun |
| liver | па | pa |
| water | муэ | mu'e |
| fire | тава | tawa |
| sun | сиун | siun |
| moon | биа | bia |
| star | хосакта | hosakta |
| sky | боа | boa |
| rain | тугдэ | tugde |
| wind | хэдун | hedun |
| stone | дёло | ʒolo |
| mountain | хурэ̄н | hurēn |
| river | мангбо | maŋbo |
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Vocabulary
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
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