Yang Zhuang
Yang Zhuang is a Tai-Kadai language spoken in China and Vietnam.
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Yang Zhuang is a Tai language spoken in southwestern Guangxi, China, in Napo, Jingxi and Debao counties.
Li Jinfang (1999) suggests that the Yang Zhuang originally spoke the Buyang language, and later assimilated with other Tai-speaking peoples (See Buyang people#History).
From Wikipedia · Yang Zhuang language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Yang Zhuang
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | k3n* | |
| name | m3NLi* | |
| eye | maktha* | |
| ear | 7ankhiu* | |
| nose | 7andaN* | |
| tooth | khiu* | |
| tongue | theul3n* | |
| hand | 7anmoN* | |
| blood | lut* | |
| bone | dok* | |
| skin | naN* | |
| knee | thukhau* | |
| breast | nu* | |
| liver | tap* | |
| water | nam* | |
| fire | fai* | |
| sun | thawan* | |
| star | daudi* | |
| stone | th3n* | |
| mountain | phya* | |
| tree | mai* | |
| leaf | boi* | |
| night | 7anyam* | |
| dog | ma* | |
| fish | pya* | |
| louse | tuman* | |
| one | deu* | |
| two | LoN* | |
| I | No* | |
| you | ni* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
- Zuojiang ZhuangTai-Kadai60% alike
- Yongnan ZhuangTai-Kadai54% alike
- Nung (Viet Nam)Tai-Kadai45% alike
- Nong ZhuangTai-Kadai44% alike
- Central Hongshuihe ZhuangTai-Kadai41% alike
- Guibei ZhuangTai-Kadai39% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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