Badong Yao language

Badong Yao
	Batong Yao
Region	southern Hunan
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Sinitic (unclassified) Badong Yao; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	None

Badong Yao language (Chinese:八垌瑶语) 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.[1] It is also spoken in Malin Ethnic Yao Township 麻林瑶族乡, located just to the east of Huangjin Township.

Vocabulary

The following word list of Badong Yao is from Li (2011:332-334).[2]

Chinese gloss	English gloss	Badong Yao 八峒瑶	Page
硬	hard, stiff	ŋai˩	332
牛	cattle	ŋau˩˧	332
你	you (singular)	ŋ̩˧	332
一	one	i˥	333
二	two	liə˩	333
三	three	sa˧˥	333
四	four	ɕi˥	333
五	five	ɤŋ˧	333
六	six	lei˧	333
七	seven	tɕʰi˥	333
八	eight	pia˧	333
九	nine	tɕy˧	333
十	ten	dzi˩	333
百	hundred	pa˧	333
千	thousand	tsʰai˧˥	333
万	million	uai˩	333
亿	hundred million	i˧˥	333
斤	jin (Chinese measurement)	tɕin˧˥	333
两	double	lio˧	333
个	classifier (general)	kəu˧	333
只	classifier (animals, pieces)	tɕa˧	333
蔸	root and stem of certain plants	tau˧˥	333
条	classifier (thin, long objects)	dy˩˧	333
根	root	ɣai˩˧	333
丈	husband	dio˧	333
尺	chi (Chinese measurement)	tsʰa˧	333
里	li (Chinese measurement)	li˧	333
天	sky	tʰiə˧˥	333
地	ground	ti˩	333
人	person, human being	ɤŋ˩˧	333
云	cloud	ɣoŋ˧	333
雨	rain	u˧	333
霜	frost	ɕio˧˥	333
东	east	toŋ˧˥	333
南	south	la˧	333
西	west	ɕi˧˥	333
北	north	pai˧	333
春	spring	tɕʰoŋ˧˥	333
夏	summer	xa˩	333
秋	autumn	tsʰei˧˥	333
冬	winter	toŋ˧˥	333
鸡	chicken	tɕi˧˥	333
狗	dog	kau˧	333
跳	to jump	tʰei˧	333
打	to hit	dei˧	333
抬	to lift	diəa˧	333
爬	to climb	la˧	333
快	fast	kʰəa˧	333
慢	slow	mai˩	333
好	good	xəu˧	333
坏	bad	ya˩	333
黑	black	xai˧	333
白	white	ba˩	333
起床	to get up from bed	di˧tɕʰi˩	333
洗脸	to wash face	ɕiə˧miə˩˧	333
梳头	to comb hair	ɕy˧˥dau˧	333
炒菜	to stir-fry vegetables	tsʰəu˧tɕʰəa˥˧	333
吃亮堂饭（早饭）	to eat breakfast	y˩do˩˧lo˧˥pai˩	333
喂猪	to feed pig	ui˥tei˧˥	333
看牛	to tend cattle	lei˥ŋao˧	333
弄柴	to prepare firewood	ləu˧˥dʑəa˧	333
烧火	to burn fire	ɕy˧˥fəu˧	333
吃半日饭（中午饭）	to eat lunch	y˩po˥ɣoŋ˧pai˩	333
挑水	to carry water	ta˧˥ɕui˧	333
洗衣	to wash clothes	ɕiə˧i˧˥	333
缝衣	to sew clothes	lai˧i˧˥	333
洗澡	to take a bath	ba˩˧duo˩˧	333
吃夜头饭	to eat dinner	yi˩ia˩dau˧pai˩	333
穿衣	to wear clothes	təu˧i˧˥	333
穿裤	to wear pants	bəu˩˧fu˥	333
穿鞋	to wear shoes	da˩iəa˩˧	333
戴帽子	to wear hat	tia˥mo˧tə˩⁰	333
睡觉	to sleep	miə˧ŋo˩˧tɕo˩⁰	333
自己	self (reflexive)	tɕiə˩ka˧˥	334
我们	we (exclusive)	a˧li˧˥	334
他们	they	tʰaŋ˧˥li˩⁰	334
大家	everyone	tɕin˩ɕi˥	334
老女（妻子）	old woman (wife)	ləu˧ny˧˥	334
主家人（丈夫）	head of household (husband)	tɕəu˧ka˧˥ɤŋ˩˧	334

References

Lei Biying; Zheng Linguang [雷碧英; 郑林光; 新宁县民族宗教事务局; 新宁县黄金瑶族乡中心学校]. 2012. Badong Yao language [八峒瑶语]. Xinning: Xinning County Ethnic and Religious Affairs Bureau [新宁县民族宗教事务局].
Li Zirong [李志荣] (ed). 2011. Hunan Yaozu [湖南瑶族]. Beijing: Ethnic Publishing House [民族出版社]. ISBN 978-7-105-11699-7

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[1] Lei Biying; Zheng Linguang [雷碧英; 郑林光; 新宁县民族宗教事务局; 新宁县黄金瑶族乡中心学校]. 2012. Badong Yao language [八峒瑶语]. Xinning: Xinning County Ethnic and Religious Affairs Bureau [新宁县民族宗教事务局].

[2] Li Zirong [李志荣] (ed). 2011. Hunan Yaozu [湖南瑶族]. Beijing: Ethnic Publishing House [民族出版社]. ISBN 978-7-105-11699-7