Nung (Viet Nam)
Nung (Viet Nam) is a Tai-Kadai language spoken in China, Vietnam, and Laos, by about 850 thousand people.
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Nùng is a Central Tai language spoken mostly in Cao Bằng and Lạng Sơn provinces in Vietnam and also in China and Laos. It is also known as Nong, Tai Nùng, Tay, and Tày Nùng. Nùng is the name given to the various Tai languages of northern Vietnam that are spoken by peoples classified as Nùng by the Vietnamese government. The Nùng were originally Zhuang people who migrated to Vietnam in the 16th and 18th centuries.
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Words in Nung (Viet Nam)
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | toi me | |
| person | k3n* | |
| name | panmiN* | |
| eye | tha* | |
| ear | hu* | |
| nose | ZaN* | |
| tooth | kheo* | |
| tongue | lin* | |
| hand | m3* | |
| blood | l3t* | |
| bone | duk* | |
| skin | naN* | |
| knee | thukhau* | |
| breast | annen* | |
| liver | tap* | |
| water | nam | |
| fire | fay* | |
| sun | anphavan* | |
| star | daudi* | |
| stone | thin* | |
| mountain | po* | |
| tree | may* | |
| leaf | bah* | |
| night | h3n* | |
| dog | ma* | |
| fish | pa* | |
| louse | thau* | |
| one | n3N* | |
| two | LoN* | |
| I | No* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
- Yongnan ZhuangTai-Kadai57% alike
- Zuojiang ZhuangTai-Kadai55% alike
- Tày Sa PaTai-Kadai54% alike
- AitonTai-Kadai51% alike
- Tai YaTai-Kadai48% alike
- ShanTai-Kadai47% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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