Yongnan Zhuang
Yongnan Zhuang is a Tai-Kadai language spoken in China and Vietnam.
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Yongnan, or Yongnan Zhuang, is a dialect-bund sharing common features but not common innovations of Zhuang languages of southern China.
In the classification of Pittiyaporn (2009), Yongnan is not a single language, or even a natural group, but parts of two main branches of the Tai language family (clades C, I, and M):
(clade C) Yongnan Zhuang of Chongzuo (崇左), Yongnan Zhuang of Shangsi (上思), Caolan of Vietnam*
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Words in Yongnan Zhuang
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | kan* | |
| eye | tha* | |
| ear | khy3u* | |
| nose | daN* | |
| tooth | heu* | |
| tongue | lun* | |
| hand | m3u* | |
| blood | lit* | |
| bone | dok* | |
| skin | naN* | |
| breast | numpu* | |
| liver | tap* | |
| water | nam* | |
| fire | f3i* | |
| star | daud3i* | |
| stone | hun* | |
| tree | mai* | |
| leaf | b3u* | |
| night | han* | |
| dog | ma* | |
| fish | pya* | |
| louse | hau* | |
| one | nuN* | |
| two | LoN* | |
| I | No* | |
| you | ni* | |
| we | huNlau* | |
| drink | kyun* | |
| see | han* | |
| hear | tuN* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Nung (Viet Nam)Tai-Kadai57% alike
- Zuojiang ZhuangTai-Kadai55% alike
- Yang ZhuangTai-Kadai54% alike
- Central Hongshuihe ZhuangTai-Kadai52% alike
- AitonTai-Kadai49% alike
- Tày Sa PaTai-Kadai48% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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