Northern Dong
Northern Dong is a Tai-Kadai language spoken in China and Vietnam. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Words in Northern Dong
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | 53n* | |
| name | kwan* | |
| eye | ta* | |
| ear | kha* | |
| nose | naN* | |
| tooth | pyan* | |
| tongue | ma* | |
| hand | mya* | |
| blood | phat* | |
| bone | lak* | |
| skin | pi* | |
| knee | kuNkwau* | |
| breast | mi* | |
| liver | tap* | |
| water | nam³¹ | |
| fire | pui* | |
| sun | taman* | |
| star | S3t* | |
| stone | pya* | |
| mountain | ty3n* | |
| tree | m3i* | |
| leaf | pa* | |
| night | tyan* | |
| dog | Nwa* | |
| fish | pa* | |
| louse | tau* | |
| one | i* | |
| two | ya* | |
| I | yau* | |
| you | 5a* |
* 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.