Yeheni language

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Yeheni
Pingdi Yao
Regionsouthern Hunan
Sino-Tibetan
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
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Yeheni (爷贺尼; Pingdi Yao 平地瑶) is an unclassified Sinitic language spoken by the Yao people in Jianghua Yao Autonomous County, Hunan.[1] It is spoken in Taoxu Town (涛圩镇) and Helukou Town (河路口镇) in Jianghua County, Hunan.

Vocabulary

The following word list of Yeheni is from Li (2011:325–326).[2]

Chinese gloss English gloss Yeheni 爷贺尼 Page
pig li⁵³ 325
to block li²² 325
dry lie²⁴ 325
lazy li³² 325
crooked, bent li⁴⁴ 325
绿 green li³⁵ 325
child li³³ 325
桃子 peach laə²²li³³ 325
绳子 rope saə²²li³³ 325
第三人称 3rd person personal pronoun ka²² 325
第三人称 3rd person personal pronoun ku⁴⁴ 325
第三人称 3rd person personal pronoun laə³³ 325
聋子 deaf person loŋ²²li³³ka⁴⁴ 325
缺鼻 person with no nose kʰua⁴⁴pei²⁴laə²² 325
第一 first tai⁴⁴ji⁴⁴ 325
第二 second tai⁴⁴nai³⁵ 325
父亲 father ta³⁵ta³⁵ 326
哥哥 elder brother kə⁵³kə⁵³ 326
妹妹 younger sister mai²²mai³⁵ 326
姐姐 elder sister tsai³²tsai²⁴ 326
五头牛 five cows ŋoa²²lau²²ŋau²² 326
一个碗 one bowl ji⁴⁴tʂo⁴⁴aŋ²⁴ 326
一双筷 one pair of chopsticks ji⁴⁴saŋ⁵³ti²⁴ 326
一群牛 one herd of cattle a²⁴tʂaə²²ŋau²² 326
红布 red cloth ʂo⁴⁴poa³³ 326
热水 hot water nai³⁵su²⁴ 326
公牛 bull (male) ŋau²²koa⁵³ 326
母牛 cow (female) ŋau²²m̩⁵³ 326

References

  1. ^ Jianghua County Gazetteer
  2. ^ Li, Zirong 李志荣, ed. (2011). Húnán Yáozú 湖南瑶族 [Yao People in Hunan] (in Chinese). Beijing: Minzu chubanshe. ISBN 978-7-105-11699-7.