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U is an Austroasiatic language spoken in China, by about 40 thousand people. Glottolog rates it shifting.

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U · 22.7°N 101.8°E

The U language (autonym: [ʔu˥] 'human being'), or P'uman (Chinese: 濮满), is spoken by 40,000 people in the Yunnan Province of China and possibly Myanmar. It is classified as an Austroasiatic language in the Palaungic branch. In China, U speakers are classified as ethnic Bulang.

U speakers have no ethnonym and refer to themselves as ʔú ʔè ('our people').

From Wikipedia · U language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Words in U

MeaningWordRomanization
personu*
namets3*
eyeNay*
earsuX*
noseti*
toothNkhet*
tonguenthaX*
handthi*
bloodsanam*
bonesa7ao*
skinNku*
kneequa*
breastpu*
livertshom*
waterʔóm
fireNaw*
sunNaysaNi*
starsamet*
stonesamo*
mountainpom*
treeN3psi*
leafla*
nightsem*
dogso*
fishkha*
lousenThi*
onemo*
twoa*
Io*
youmi*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

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Vocabulary

Grammar

  • UAustroasiatic100% alike
  • YinchiaAustroasiatic98% alike
  • BraoAustroasiatic97% alike
  • Rumai PalaungAustroasiatic96% alike
  • HuAustroasiatic96% alike
  • PraiAustroasiatic96% alike

Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.

Nearby languages

Chuanqiandian Cluster MiaoHmong NjuaBiyoEnuKaduoChepyaSouthern NisuHoniPhuphaKucong

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