Yeheni
Pingdi Yao
Regionsouthern Hunan
Sino-Tibetan
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
GlottologNone

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 glossEnglish glossYeheni 爷贺尼Page
pigli⁵³325
to blockli²²325
drylie²⁴325
lazyli³²325
crooked, bentli⁴⁴325
绿greenli³⁵325
childli³³325
桃子peachlaə²²li³³325
绳子ropesaə²²li³³325
第三人称3rd person personal pronounka²²325
第三人称3rd person personal pronounku⁴⁴325
第三人称3rd person personal pronounlaə³³325
聋子deaf personloŋ²²li³³ka⁴⁴325
缺鼻person with no nosekʰua⁴⁴pei²⁴laə²²325
第一firsttai⁴⁴ji⁴⁴325
第二secondtai⁴⁴nai³⁵325
父亲fatherta³⁵ta³⁵326
哥哥elder brotherkə⁵³kə⁵³326
妹妹younger sistermai²²mai³⁵326
姐姐elder sistertsai³²tsai²⁴326
五头牛five cowsŋoa²²lau²²ŋau²²326
一个碗one bowlji⁴⁴tʂo⁴⁴aŋ²⁴326
一双筷one pair of chopsticksji⁴⁴saŋ⁵³ti²⁴326
一群牛one herd of cattlea²⁴tʂaə²²ŋau²²326
红布red clothʂo⁴⁴poa³³326
热水hot waternai³⁵su²⁴326
公牛bull (male)ŋau²²koa⁵³326
母牛cow (female)ŋau²²m̩⁵³326

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.
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