Tai Nüa
Tai Nüa is a Tai-Kadai language spoken in China, Vietnam, Thailand, and Myanmar, by about 650 thousand people.
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Tai Nuea or Tai Nüa (ᥖᥭᥰ ᥘᥫᥴ, pronounced [tai˥.lə˧˥] (Mangshi) or ᥖᥭᥰ ᥢᥫᥴ, [tɑi˥˧.nə˥] (Menglian); Chinese: 傣那语; pinyin: Dǎinàyǔ; တဲးနိူဝ်, တႆးၼိူဝ်; Burmese: တိုင်းနေ; Thai: ภาษาไทเหนือ, pronounced [pʰāːsǎː tʰāj nɯ̌a]), also called Dehong Tai (Chinese: 德宏傣语; pinyin: Déhóng Dǎiyǔ; Thai: ภาษาไทใต้คง, pronounced [pʰāːsǎː tʰāj tâːj.kʰōŋ]) and Chinese Shan, is one of the languages spoken by the Dai people in China, especially in the Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture in the southwest of Yunnan Province. It is closely related to the other Tai languages and could be considered a dialect of Shan. It should not be confused with Tai Lü (Xishuangbanna Dai).
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Words in Tai Nüa
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| child | ᥘᥧᥐ | luk |
| man | ᥓᥣᥭᥰ | tsäay |
| person | ᥐᥨᥢᥰ | kön |
| eye | ᥖᥣ | taa |
| blood | ᥘᥫᥖ | loet |
| water | ᥘᥛᥳ | lȧm |
| fire | ᥜᥭᥰ | fäy |
| star | ᥘᥣᥝ | laaw |
| sky | ᥜᥣᥳ | fȧa |
| rain | ᥜᥨᥢᥴ | fón |
| snow | ᥞᥣᥴ | háa |
| wind | ᥘᥨᥛᥰ | löm |
| leaf | ᥛᥬ | maue |
| dog | ᥛᥣᥴ | máa |
| cat | ᥛᥦᥝᥴ | máew |
| fish | ᥙᥣ | paa |
| horse | ᥛᥣᥳ | mȧa |
| snake | ᥒᥧᥰ | ngü |
| one | ᥘᥫᥒ | loeng |
| two | ᥔᥩᥒᥴ | sóang |
| three | ᥔᥣᥛᥴ | sáam |
| four | ᥔᥤᥱ | sǐ |
| five | ᥞᥣᥲ | hàa |
| ten | ᥔᥤᥙᥴ | síp |
| see | ᥞᥢᥴ | hán |
| sugar | ᥐᥫᥝᥣᥢᥴ | kóewaan |
| salt | ᥐᥫ | koe |
| house | ᥞᥫᥢᥰ | höen |
| new | ᥛᥬᥱ | mǎue |
| white | ᥑᥣᥝᥴ | xáaw |
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