Badong Yao language

Badong Yao (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.

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

It is documented in detail as Malinhua 麻林话 by Hu (2018).^[2]

Vocabulary

The following word list of Badong Yao is from Li (2011:332-334).^[3]

Chinese gloss	English gloss	Badong Yao 八峒瑶	Page
硬	hard, stiff	ŋai¹¹	332
牛	cattle	ŋau¹³	332
你	you (singular)	ŋ̩³³	332
一	one	i⁵⁵	333
二	two	liə¹¹	333
三	three	sa³⁵	333
四	four	ɕi⁵⁵	333
五	five	ɤŋ³³	333
六	six	lei³³	333
七	seven	tɕʰi⁵⁵	333
八	eight	pia³³	333
九	nine	tɕy³³	333
十	ten	dzi¹¹	333
百	hundred	pa³³	333
千	thousand	tsʰai³⁵	333
万	million	uai¹¹	333
亿	hundred million	i³⁵	333
斤	jin (Chinese measurement)	tɕin³⁵	333
两	double	lio³³	333
个	classifier (general)	kəu³³	333
只	classifier (animals, pieces)	tɕa³³	333
蔸	root and stem of certain plants	tau³⁵	333
条	classifier (thin, long objects)	dy¹³	333
根	root	ɣai¹³	333
丈	husband	dio³³	333
尺	chi (Chinese measurement)	tsʰa³³	333
里	li (Chinese measurement)	li³³	333
天	sky	tʰiə³⁵	333
地	ground	ti¹¹	333
人	person, human being	ɤŋ¹³	333
云	cloud	ɣoŋ³³	333
雨	rain	u³³	333
霜	frost	ɕio³⁵	333
东	east	toŋ³⁵	333
南	south	la³³	333
西	west	ɕi³⁵	333
北	north	pai³³	333
春	spring	tɕʰoŋ³⁵	333
夏	summer	xa¹¹	333
秋	autumn	tsʰei³⁵	333
冬	winter	toŋ³⁵	333
鸡	chicken	tɕi³⁵	333
狗	dog	kau³³	333
跳	to jump	tʰei³³	333
打	to hit	dei³³	333
抬	to lift	diəa³³	333
爬	to climb	la³³	333
快	fast	kʰəa³³	333
慢	slow	mai¹¹	333
好	good	xəu³³	333
坏	bad	ya¹¹	333
黑	black	xai³³	333
白	white	ba¹¹	333
起床	to get up from bed	di³³tɕʰi¹¹	333
洗脸	to wash face	ɕiə³³miə¹³	333
梳头	to comb hair	ɕy³⁵dau³³	333
炒菜	to stir-fry vegetables	tsʰəu³³tɕʰəa⁵⁵³	333
吃亮堂饭（早饭）	to eat breakfast	y¹¹do¹³lo³⁵pai¹¹	333
喂猪	to feed pig	ui⁵⁵tei³⁵	333
看牛	to tend cattle	lei⁵⁵ŋao³³	333
弄柴	to prepare firewood	ləu³⁵dʑəa³³	333
烧火	to burn fire	ɕy³⁵fəu³³	333
吃半日饭（中午饭）	to eat lunch	y¹¹po⁵⁵ɣoŋ³³pai¹¹	333
挑水	to carry water	ta³⁵ɕui³³	333
洗衣	to wash clothes	ɕiə³³i³⁵	333
缝衣	to sew clothes	lai³³i³⁵	333
洗澡	to take a bath	ba¹³duo¹³	333
吃夜头饭	to eat dinner	yi¹¹ia¹¹dau³³pai¹¹	333
穿衣	to wear clothes	təu³³i³⁵	333
穿裤	to wear pants	bəu¹³fu⁵⁵	333
穿鞋	to wear shoes	da¹¹iəa¹³	333
戴帽子	to wear hat	tia⁵⁵mo³³tə¹⁰	333
睡觉	to sleep	miə³³ŋo¹³tɕo¹⁰	333
自己	self (reflexive)	tɕiə¹¹ka³⁵	334
我们	we (exclusive)	a³³li³⁵	334
他们	they	tʰaŋ³⁵li¹⁰	334
大家	everyone	tɕin¹¹ɕi⁵⁵	334
老女（妻子）	old woman (wife)	ləu³³ny³⁵	334
主家人（丈夫）	head of household (husband)	tɕəu³³ka³⁵ɤŋ¹³	334

References

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. Hu, Ping 胡萍 (2018). Yuyan jiechu yu Xiangxinan Miao Yao Pinghua diaocha yanjiu 语言接触与湘西南苗瑤平话调查研究. Changsha: Yuelu shushe 岳麓书社. ISBN 9787553808710. OCLC 1073112896.
3. 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