Western Muya
Western Muya is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in China. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Munya or Muya (simplified Chinese: 木雅语; traditional Chinese: 木雅語; also Manyak 曼牙科, Menia 么呢阿; Tibetan: མི་ཉག, Wylie: Mi nyak, THL: Minyak) is one of the Qiangic languages spoken in China. There are two dialects, Western and Eastern, which are not mutually intelligible. Most research on Munya has been conducted by Ikeda Takumi. There are about 2,000 monolinguals.
From Wikipedia · Muya language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Western Muya
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | wu* | |
| name | mi* | |
| eye | mi* | |
| ear | 5okh3sere* | |
| nose | s3* | |
| tooth | h3* | |
| tongue | ro* | |
| hand | Zi* | |
| blood | sa* | |
| bone | Cir3* | |
| skin | r3nbo* | |
| knee | Nuphula* | |
| breast | nene* | |
| liver | z3nb3* | |
| water | Cu* | |
| fire | mu* | |
| sun | nu* | |
| star | kEmE* | |
| stone | jo* | |
| mountain | nbu* | |
| tree | ch3pho* | |
| leaf | loma* | |
| night | xu* | |
| dog | khu* | |
| fish | xo* | |
| louse | chomo* | |
| one | to* | |
| two | ni* | |
| I | Nu* | |
| you | nE* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Eastern MuyaSino-Tibetan45% alike
- JadSino-Tibetan20% alike
- TibetanSino-Tibetan20% alike
- KyerungSino-Tibetan19% alike
- Kutang GhaleSino-Tibetan18% alike
- NusuSino-Tibetan17% alike
Grammar
- Liangmai NagaSino-Tibetan92% alike
- BorumNuclear-Macro-Je89% alike
- Northern PumiSino-Tibetan89% alike
- ChocangacakhaSino-Tibetan88% alike
- Northern BaiSino-Tibetan87% alike
- KalamangWest Bomberai87% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
Glottolog · west2417 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · wmg