Yeheni language

Yeheni
Pingdi Yao
Region	southern Hunan
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Sinitic Chinese (unclassified) Yeheni
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	None

Yeheni (爷贺尼あま; Pingdi Yao 平地ひらち瑶よう) is an unclassified Sinitic language spoken by the Yao people in Jianghua Yao Autonomous County, Hunan. It is spoken in Taoxu Town (涛圩镇) and Helukou Town (河かわ路ろ口こう镇) in Jianghua County, Hunan.

Vocabulary

The following word list of Yeheni is from Li (2011:325–326).

Chinese gloss	English gloss	Yeheni 爷贺尼あま	Page
猪いのしし	pig	li⁵³	325
拦	to block	li²²	325
干ひ	dry	lie²⁴	325
懒	lazy	li³²	325
弯	crooked, bent	li⁴⁴	325
绿	green	li³⁵	325
子こ	child	li³³	325
桃子ももこ	peach	laə²²li³³	325
绳子	rope	saə²²li³³	325
第三人称だいさんにんしょう	3rd person personal pronoun	ka²²	325
第三人称だいさんにんしょう	3rd person personal pronoun	ku⁴⁴	325
第三人称だいさんにんしょう	3rd person personal pronoun	laə³³	325
聋子	deaf person	loŋ²²li³³ka⁴⁴	325
缺かけ鼻はな	person with no nose	kʰua⁴⁴pei²⁴laə²²	325
第だい一いち	first	tai⁴⁴ji⁴⁴	325
第だい二に	second	tai⁴⁴nai³⁵	325
父ちち亲	father	ta³⁵ta³⁵	326
哥哥	elder brother	kə⁵³kə⁵³	326
妹いもうと妹いもうと	younger sister	mai²²mai³⁵	326
姐あね姐あね	elder sister	tsai³²tsai²⁴	326
五ご头牛	five cows	ŋoa²²lau²²ŋau²²	326
一いち个碗	one bowl	ji⁴⁴tʂo⁴⁴aŋ²⁴	326
一双いっそう筷	one pair of chopsticks	ji⁴⁴saŋ⁵³ti²⁴	326
一群いちぐん牛うし	one herd of cattle	a²⁴tʂaə²²ŋau²²	326
红布	red cloth	ʂo⁴⁴poa³³	326
热水	hot water	nai³⁵su²⁴	326
公おおやけ牛うし	bull (male)	ŋau²²koa⁵³	326
母はは牛うし	cow (female)	ŋau²²m̩⁵³	326