Long language

Unclassified Loloish language of Huaning County, Yunnan, China From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Long or Nong (Chinese: 弄; also called Longmu 龙亩) is an unclassified Loloish language of Huaning County, Yunnan, China. It is also called Luowu 罗婺.[1]

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EthnicityYi
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EthnicityYi
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Classification

Pelkey (2011:431)[2] suggests that the Xiqi, Ati, and Long languages of Huaning County may be Southeastern Loloish languages. Hsiu (2018) suggests a Northern Loloish affiliation.[3]

Distribution

The Huaning County Gazetteer 华宁县志 (1994:514) lists the following locations of Nong within Xincheng Township 新城乡: Xincheng 新城,[4] Longmu 龙亩,[5] Kazhai 卡寨,[6] Sheyingzhai 舍阴寨,[7] Shemuduo 舍亩多,[8] Suojugou 所居沟,[9] Pusulu 普苏鲁.[10]

Vocabulary

The Huaning County Ethnic Gazetteer (1992:72)[11] provides a short word list of Adu, Ati, Xiqi, Nong, and Azhe transcribed using Chinese characters, shown below. Pinyin transliterations have also been provided below.

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English glossChinese glossAdu (阿笃语)Ati (阿梯语)Xiqi (西期语)Nong (弄语)Azhe (阿哲语)
village寨子且(qie)且(qie)卡(ka)卡(ka)卡(ka)
water水叶(ye)叶(ye)矣咋(yi zha)翁咋(weng zha)叶(ye)
girl小姑娘燃米诺(ran mi nuo)尼格莫(ni ge mo)阿门儿若(a men er ruo)阿门儿少若(a men er shao ruo)若麻儿西若(ruo ma er xi ruo)
boy小伙子茶塞(cha sai)差血若(cha(i) xue ruo)阿杂若(a za ruo)撮沙若(cuo sha ruo)若那儿(ruo na er)
corn包谷矣白儿(yi bai er)苏柏儿(su bai er)阻目(zu mu)苏木白儿(su mu bai er)火魔(huo mo)
have有杂杂(za za)杂杂(za za)白儿(bai er)杂(za)祖阿(杂)(zu a (za))
not无麻(ma)麻(ma)麻(ma)麻(ma)阿米(a mi)
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