Badong Yao language

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Badong Yao
Batong Yao
Regionsouthern Hunan
Sino-Tibetan
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Badong Yao (

Xinning County, Hunan province, China. Badong Yao is currently endangered, and is spoken in the villages of Huangyandong 黄岩峒, Malindong 麻林峒, and Dazhendong 大圳峒 in Huangjin Ethnic Yao Township 黄金瑶族乡, Xinning County.[1]
It is also spoken in Malin Ethnic Yao Township 麻林瑶族乡, located just to the east of Huangjin Township.

It is documented in detail as Malinhua 麻林话 by Hu (2018).[2]

Vocabulary

The following word list of Badong Yao is from Li (2011:332-334).[3]

Chinese gloss English gloss Badong Yao 八峒瑶 Page
硬 hard, stiff ŋai¹¹ 332
牛 cattle ŋau¹³ 332
你 you (singular) ŋ̩³³ 332
一 one i⁵⁵ 333
二 two liə¹¹ 333
三 three sa³⁵ 333
四 four ɕi⁵⁵ 333
五 five ɤŋ³³ 333
六 six lei³³ 333
七 seven tɕʰi⁵⁵ 333
八 eight pia³³ 333
九 nine tɕy³³ 333
十 ten dzi¹¹ 333
百 hundred pa³³ 333
千 thousand tsʰai³⁵ 333
万 million uai¹¹ 333
亿 hundred million i³⁵ 333
斤 jin (Chinese measurement) tɕin³⁵ 333
两 double lio³³ 333
个 classifier (general) kəu³³ 333
只 classifier (animals, pieces) tɕa³³ 333
蔸 root and stem of certain plants tau³⁵ 333
条 classifier (thin, long objects) dy¹³ 333
根 root ɣai¹³ 333
丈 husband dio³³ 333
尺 chi (Chinese measurement) tsʰa³³ 333
里 li (Chinese measurement) li³³ 333
天 sky tʰiə³⁵ 333
地 ground ti¹¹ 333
人 person, human being ɤŋ¹³ 333
云 cloud ɣoŋ³³ 333
雨 rain u³³ 333
霜 frost ɕio³⁵ 333
东 east toŋ³⁵ 333
南 south la³³ 333
西 west ɕi³⁵ 333
北 north pai³³ 333
春 spring tɕʰoŋ³⁵ 333
夏 summer xa¹¹ 333
秋 autumn tsʰei³⁵ 333
冬 winter toŋ³⁵ 333
鸡 chicken tɕi³⁵ 333
狗 dog kau³³ 333
跳 to jump tʰei³³ 333
打 to hit dei³³ 333
抬 to lift diəa³³ 333
爬 to climb la³³ 333
快 fast kʰəa³³ 333
慢 slow mai¹¹ 333
好 good xəu³³ 333
坏 bad ya¹¹ 333
黑 black xai³³ 333
白 white ba¹¹ 333
起床 to get up from bed di³³tɕʰi¹¹ 333
洗脸 to wash face ɕiə³³miə¹³ 333
梳头 to comb hair ɕy³⁵dau³³ 333
炒菜 to stir-fry vegetables tsʰəu³³tɕʰəa⁵⁵³ 333
吃亮堂饭（早饭） to eat breakfast y¹¹do¹³lo³⁵pai¹¹ 333
喂猪 to feed pig ui⁵⁵tei³⁵ 333
看牛 to tend cattle lei⁵⁵ŋao³³ 333
弄柴 to prepare firewood ləu³⁵dʑəa³³ 333
烧火 to burn fire ɕy³⁵fəu³³ 333
吃半日饭（中午饭） to eat lunch y¹¹po⁵⁵ɣoŋ³³pai¹¹ 333
挑水 to carry water ta³⁵ɕui³³ 333
洗衣 to wash clothes ɕiə³³i³⁵ 333
缝衣 to sew clothes lai³³i³⁵ 333
洗澡 to take a bath ba¹³duo¹³ 333
吃夜头饭 to eat dinner yi¹¹ia¹¹dau³³pai¹¹ 333
穿衣 to wear clothes təu³³i³⁵ 333
穿裤 to wear pants bəu¹³fu⁵⁵ 333
穿鞋 to wear shoes da¹¹iəa¹³ 333
戴帽子 to wear hat tia⁵⁵mo³³tə¹⁰ 333
睡觉 to sleep miə³³ŋo¹³tɕo¹⁰ 333
自己 self (reflexive) tɕiə¹¹ka³⁵ 334
我们 we (exclusive) a³³li³⁵ 334
他们 they tʰaŋ³⁵li¹⁰ 334
大家 everyone tɕin¹¹ɕi⁵⁵ 334
老女（妻子） old woman (wife) ləu³³ny³⁵ 334
主家人（丈夫） head of household (husband) tɕəu³³ka³⁵ɤŋ¹³ 334

References

  1. ^ Lei Biying; Zheng Linguang [雷碧英; 郑林光; 新宁县民族宗教事务局; 新宁县黄金瑶族乡中心学校]. 2012. Badong Yao language [八峒瑶语]. Xinning: Xinning County Ethnic and Religious Affairs Bureau [新宁县民族宗教事务局].
  2. OCLC 1073112896
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  3. ISBN 978-7-105-11699-7
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