Muda language

Muda is a Loloish language of China.
There are over 2,000 Muda speakers in Nanlianshan Village Community 南联山村委会, Jinghong City, Yunnan, China.

Classification

Xu classifies Muda as a Ha-Ya language.
Hsiu classifies Muda as an Akha language containing a Bisoid substratum, with the substrate language being an early split from Bisoid. Muda has Cl- consonant clusters like various Bisoid languages, Siloid languages, and Jinuo, while words of Bisoid origin include 'leg', 'house', and 'smoke'.

Phonology

Muda has the complex consonant onsets .

Vocabulary

The following vocabulary of Muda is from Xu.

English gloss	Chinese gloss	Muda	Page
White	白	pʰlu⁵⁵	35
Full	满	blaŋ³³	35
Pus	脓	blaŋ⁵⁵	36
Arrow	箭	mla³¹	36
Broom	扫帚	pʰjɔ⁵⁵	36
Bee	蜜蜂	bja³¹	36
Lose, to	遗失	bjo̱³³	36
Fly, to	飞	jɔ³³	36
Monkey	猴子	mjo̱³¹	36
Many	多	mja³¹	36
Foot	脚	kʰɯ⁵⁵	37
Six	六	ko̱³¹	37
Gallbladder	胆	kʰɯ⁵⁵	37
Star	星星	gɯ⁵⁵	37
Copper	铜	gɯ³¹	37
Tendon	筋	gu³¹	37
Manure	粪	cçʰe³¹	38
Root	根（量词）	cçʰaŋ³¹	38
Wide	宽	ɟje⁵⁵	38
Drop, to	掉	ɟja³³	38
Day	天（日子）	naŋ³³	38
Soft	软	nø̱³¹	38
Cook, to	煮	tɕa̱³¹	38
Sour	酸	tɕʰɛ⁵⁵	38
Narrow	窄	tɕu̱³¹	38
Lick, to	舔	tɕʰy⁵⁵	38
Stick	条	tɕa̱³³	38
Cry, weep	哭	ɴo⁵⁵	39
Steal, to	偷	qʰø³¹	39
Bitter	苦	qʰa³¹	39
Smoke	烟（雾）	qʰø³¹	39
Nine	九	ɢø³¹	39
Curved	弯	ɢaŋ³¹	39
Play, to	玩耍	ɢa³³	39
Enter, to	进	aŋ⁵⁵	40
Horse	马	maŋ³¹	40
Open	开（门）	pʰaŋ³³	40
Sell, to	卖	aŋ³¹	40
Throat	喉咙	kʰaŋ³¹	40
Dark	暗	jaŋ⁵⁵	40
Pus	脓	blaŋ⁵⁵	40
Full	满	blaŋ³³	40
Money	钱	kʰaŋ⁵⁵	40
Bear	狗熊	xum⁵⁵	40
Otter	水獭	ɕum⁵⁵	40
Iron	铁	ɕʰum⁵⁵	41
Pile	堆（土）	blum⁵⁵	41
House	房屋	ʑum⁵⁵	41
Roast, to	烤	lum⁵⁵	41
Round	圆	laŋ³³	41
Surround, to	包围	laŋ⁵⁵	41
Pond	池塘	laŋ³³	41
Axe	斧子	dzɿ³³	41
Woman	女人	mi³¹	41
Louse	虱子	ɕɛ⁵⁵	41
Goose	鹅	gɛ̱³³	41
Push, to	推	dɛ³¹	41
Edge	边上	dzɛ⁵⁵	41
Eagle	老鹰	dzɛ⁵⁵	41
Saddle	鞍子	qɔ̱³³	41
Shallow	浅	tɛ̱³³	41
Change, to	改	pʰa³³	41
Winnow, to	簸（米）	ja⁵⁵	41
See, to	看见	mɔ⁵⁵	41
Mosquito	蚊子	gɔ³¹	41
Change, to	变	pʰa⁵⁵	41
Stick	条	tɕa̱³³	41
Leg	腿	bɔ⁵⁵	41
Store, to	铺	qʰɔ³¹	41