Maojia (
Maojia | |
---|---|
Native to | China |
Region | Hunan, Guangxi |
Ethnicity | Miao |
Native speakers | (200,000 cited 1991)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | None (mis ) |
Glottolog | None |
Demographics
editMaojiahua is spoken by about 200,000 people of Au-Ka (Aoka
According to Chen Qiguang (2013:32),[1] "Maojia" (mau55 ka55), also known as "Qingyi Miao
Vocabulary
editBelow are selected words of likely non-Chinese origin from the Qingyi Miao dialect of Wutuan Town
English gloss | Chinese gloss | Qingyi Miao |
---|---|---|
eat | y²¹ | |
oil | lu⁵² | |
meat | nai⁴⁴ | |
pig | te⁵⁵ | |
small | nɑ⁵⁵ | |
child | 孩子 | nɑŋ⁵⁵li³² |
nose | pi⁵²haŋ²¹³ | |
spider | kiou⁵⁵ɕi⁵⁵ | |
bedbug | pie⁵⁵ | |
star | se⁵⁵le³² | |
dust | tʰoŋ⁵⁵din⁴⁴ | |
this | 这 | ko²¹ |
that | mi⁴⁴ | |
one | ɑ⁴⁴ | |
thick (of soup) | 稠 | no⁵² |
hidden, secret | nin²¹³ | |
earthworm | din²¹kai³² | |
sponge gourd (Luffa aegyptiaca) | 丝瓜 | se³²tai⁵⁵kuɑ⁵⁵ |
infant | 婴幼儿 | naŋ⁵⁵le³² |
outsider | lai⁵²tɕie²¹³ŋ⁴⁴ | |
son | 儿子 | naŋ⁵⁵li³², naŋ⁵⁵tsai³² |
spit | 吐 | ia⁵² |
vagina | tsɿ⁵⁵ | |
do | 做 | niɑŋ⁵² |
excrement | 屎 | kai²¹³ |
squat, kneel | nioŋ⁵⁵ | |
concave | 凹 | mie²¹ |
thin (of person) | 廋 | tse⁵⁵ |
References
edit- ^ a b c Chen, Qiguang [陈其
光 ] (2013). Miao and Yao language [苗 瑶 语文]. Beijing: China Minzu University Press. - ^ Li, Lan
李 藍 . 2004. Hunan Chengbu Qingyi Miaoren hua湖南 城 步 靑 衣 苗 人 话. Beijing: China Social Sciences Academy Press中国 社会 科学 出版 社 . - ^ "Aoka" (PDF). asiaharvest.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 December 2013.
- Li, Lan
李 藍 . 2004. Hunan Chengbu Qingyi Miaoren hua湖南 城 步 青 衣 苗 人 话 (The language of the Qingyi Miao people). Beijing: China Social Sciences Academy Press中国 社会 科学 出版 社 . - Ming studies, 34–35:55, University of Minnesota, 1995