Badong Yao language


Badong Yao is an unclassified Sinitic language spoken by the Yao people in 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. 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.

Vocabulary

The following word list of Badong Yao is from Li.
Chinese glossEnglish glossBadong Yao 八峒瑶Page
硬hard, stiffŋai¹¹332
牛cattleŋau¹³332
你you ŋ̩³³332
一onei⁵⁵333
二twoliə¹¹333
三threesa³⁵333
四fourɕi⁵⁵333
五fiveɤŋ³³333
六sixlei³³333
七seventɕʰi⁵⁵333
八eightpia³³333
九ninetɕy³³333
十tendzi¹¹333
百hundredpa³³333
千thousandtsʰai³⁵333
万millionuai¹¹333
亿hundred millioni³⁵333
斤jin tɕin³⁵333
两doublelio³³333
个classifier kəu³³333
只classifier tɕa³³333
蔸root and stem of certain plantstau³⁵333
条classifier dy¹³333
根rootɣai¹³333
丈husbanddio³³333
尺chi tsʰa³³333
里li li³³333
天skytʰiə³⁵333
地groundti¹¹333
人person, human beingɤŋ¹³333
云cloudɣoŋ³³333
雨rainu³³333
霜frostɕio³⁵333
东easttoŋ³⁵333
南southla³³333
西westɕi³⁵333
北northpai³³333
春springtɕʰoŋ³⁵333
夏summerxa¹¹333
秋autumntsʰei³⁵333
冬wintertoŋ³⁵333
鸡chickentɕi³⁵333
狗dogkau³³333
跳to jumptʰei³³333
打to hitdei³³333
抬to liftdiəa³³333
爬to climbla³³333
快fastkʰəa³³333
慢slowmai¹¹333
好goodxəu³³333
坏badya¹¹333
黑blackxai³³333
白whiteba¹¹333
起床to get up from beddi³³tɕʰi¹¹333
洗脸to wash faceɕiə³³miə¹³333
梳头to comb hairɕy³⁵dau³³333
炒菜to stir-fry vegetablestsʰəu³³tɕʰəa⁵⁵³333
吃亮堂饭(早饭)to eat breakfasty¹¹do¹³lo³⁵pai¹¹333
喂猪to feed pigui⁵⁵tei³⁵333
看牛to tend cattlelei⁵⁵ŋao³³333
弄柴to prepare firewoodləu³⁵dʑəa³³333
烧火to burn fireɕy³⁵fəu³³333
吃半日饭(中午饭)to eat lunchy¹¹po⁵⁵ɣoŋ³³pai¹¹333
挑水to carry waterta³⁵ɕui³³333
洗衣to wash clothesɕiə³³i³⁵333
缝衣to sew clotheslai³³i³⁵333
洗澡to take a bathba¹³duo¹³333
吃夜头饭to eat dinneryi¹¹ia¹¹dau³³pai¹¹333
穿衣to wear clothestəu³³i³⁵333
穿裤to wear pantsbəu¹³fu⁵⁵333
穿鞋to wear shoesda¹¹iəa¹³333
戴帽子to wear hattia⁵⁵mo³³tə¹⁰333
睡觉to sleepmiə³³ŋo¹³tɕo¹⁰333
自己self tɕiə¹¹ka³⁵334
我们we a³³li³⁵334
他们theytʰaŋ³⁵li¹⁰334
大家everyonetɕin¹¹ɕi⁵⁵334
老女(妻子)old woman ləu³³ny³⁵334
主家人(丈夫)head of household tɕəu³³ka³⁵ɤŋ¹³334