She
She is a Hmong-Mien language spoken in China. Glottolog rates it moribund.
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The She language (Mandarin: 畲語, Shēyǔ), autonym Ho Le or Ho Ne, /hɔ22 ne53/ or Ho Nte, is a critically endangered Hmong–Mien language spoken by the She people. Most of the over 709,000 She people today speak She Chinese (possibly a variety of Hakka Chinese). Those who speak Sheyu—approximately 1,200 individuals in Guangdong Province—call themselves Ho Ne, "mountain people" (活聶; huóniè).
From Wikipedia · She language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in She
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | ne* | |
| name | mei* | |
| ear | kakuN* | |
| nose | pyu* | |
| tooth | mun* | |
| tongue | pi* | |
| hand | khwa* | |
| blood | syi* | |
| bone | suN* | |
| skin | kho* | |
| knee | tokuaNkui* | |
| breast | NyuN* | |
| liver | hin* | |
| water | ɔŋ⁵³ | |
| fire | tho* | |
| sun | no* | |
| star | netaN* | |
| stone | Nka* | |
| mountain | kye* | |
| tree | toN* | |
| leaf | pyoN* | |
| night | muN* | |
| dog | kya* | |
| fish | pya* | |
| louse | taN* | |
| one | i* | |
| two | u* | |
| I | vaN* | |
| you | muN* | |
| we | pa* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Jiongnai BunuHmong-Mien33% alike
- Chuanqiandian Cluster MiaoHmong-Mien27% alike
- Younuo BunuHmong-Mien26% alike
- Luopohe HmongHmong-Mien24% alike
- BunuHmong-Mien21% alike
- Western Mashan HmongHmong-Mien20% alike
Grammar
- Shidong BiaoTai-Kadai97% alike
- Dzao MinHmong-Mien96% alike
- Pa-HngHmong-Mien96% alike
- Biao-Jiao MienHmong-Mien96% alike
- Biao MonHmong-Mien95% alike
- HuAustroasiatic95% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
Glottolog · shee1238 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · shx