Sinitic language of Hunan, China
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.
The following word list of Yeheni is from Li (2011:325–326).[ 2]
Chinese gloss
English gloss
Yeheni 爷贺尼
Page
猪
pig
li⁵³
325
拦
to block
li²²
325
干
dry
lie²⁴
325
懒
lazy
li³²
325
弯
crooked, bent
li⁴⁴
325
绿
green
li³⁵
325
子
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
^ Jianghua County Gazetteer
^ 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 .
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