Xibe
ᠰᡞᠪᡝ ᡤᡞᠰᡠᠨ
Xibe is a Tungusic language spoken in China and Kazakhstan, by about 30 thousand people. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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The Xibe language (endonym: ᠰᡞᠪᡝᡤᡞᠰᡠᠨ sibe gisun; also Sibo, Sibe) is a Tungusic language spoken by members of the Sibe minority of Xinjiang, in Northwest China. With over 30 thousand speakers, it is the most widely spoken Tungusic language, accounting for over half of all speakers of Tungusic languages.
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Words in Xibe
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | gurun* | |
| name | g3v* | |
| eye | yas* | |
| ear | san* | |
| nose | ovur* | |
| tooth | vih3* | |
| tongue | iliN* | |
| hand | Gal* | |
| blood | SiN* | |
| bone | giraN* | |
| breast | tuNun* | |
| liver | fahun* | |
| water | ᠮᡠᡣᡝ | muke |
| fire | tua* | |
| sun | sun* | |
| stone | v3h3* | |
| mountain | elin* | |
| tree | helin* | |
| night | dEvir* | |
| dog | yonhun* | |
| fish | nimha* | |
| one | 3m* | |
| two | ju* | |
| I | bi* | |
| you | Si* | |
| we | bo* | |
| drink | Emi* | |
| see | ta* | |
| hear | dEnji* | |
| die | b3C3* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · xibe1242 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · sjo