Southern Qiang
Southern Qiang is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in China. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Southern Qiang is a Sino-Tibetan language of the Qiangic branch spoken by approximately 81,300 people along the Minjiang (Chinese: 岷江) river in Sichuan Province, China.
Southern Qiang dialects preserve archaic pronoun flexions, while they have disappeared in Northern Qiang. Unlike its close relative Northern Qiang, Southern Qiang is a tonal language.
From Wikipedia · Southern Qiang language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Southern Qiang
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | mu* | |
| name | z3mu* | |
| eye | 5imatou* | |
| ear | 5ika* | |
| nose | tibaq3* | |
| tooth | su* | |
| tongue | z3k3* | |
| blood | sa* | |
| bone | rak3pac3* | |
| skin | rapia* | |
| knee | roq3* | |
| breast | 5a5a* | |
| liver | Sira* | |
| water | tsue | |
| fire | mu* | |
| sun | muci* | |
| star | z3ba* | |
| stone | rolu* | |
| mountain | ro* | |
| tree | phu* | |
| leaf | cholo* | |
| night | ra* | |
| dog | khu* | |
| fish | ra* | |
| louse | ci* | |
| one | a* | |
| two | n3* | |
| I | qa* | |
| you | u* | |
| we | ulia* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
- Northern QiangSino-Tibetan22% alike
- Eastern MuyaSino-Tibetan16% alike
- Northern PumiSino-Tibetan15% alike
- Western MuyaSino-Tibetan14% alike
- JadSino-Tibetan13% alike
- ErsuSino-Tibetan12% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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