Biao
Facts
- Language: Biao
- Alternate names: Gang Bau, Kang Bau, Kang Beu, Kang Pau
- Language code: byk
- Language family: Tai-Kadai, Kam-Tai, Lakkia-Biao, Biaoic
- Number of speakers: 80000
- Script:
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Introduction
Biao is a language of China. It is spoken in Guangdong Province, southwest corner of Huaiji county, Shidong, Yonggu, Dagang, Liangcun, and Qiaotou districts; Fengkai county, Chang’an, Jinzhuang, and Qixing districts, several villages.
Dialects
Minor dialect differences, but all mutually intelligible.
The Biao Verb
Verblist
- au¹
- fak⁷
- fan³
- ham⁵
- han⁵
- ha꞉ŋ²
- hoi³
- hoi¹
- huk⁸
- hɛu¹
- kai⁵
- kat⁷
- ka⁴
- ki¹
- kun²
- kut⁷
- kwat⁸
- kwa⁴
- kyn⁶
- kɔŋ¹
- lai¹
- lyn¹
- muŋ⁶
- mø¹
- nam³
- naŋ¹
- naŋ⁶
- pan⁵
- paŋ⁶
- phiɔ³
- phø⁴
- phɔ³ kiu⁵
- phɔ³ tshik⁷ liaŋ⁶
- poi¹
- pui¹
- puk⁸
- put⁹
- san⁵
- sia⁶
- sip⁷
- sɔk⁹
- sɔk⁹ hi⁵
- ta¹ phɔ¹
- ta¹ øm⁵
- ta꞉p⁹
- thiaŋ⁵
- thɛu³
- tiak⁹
- tiat³
- tiau⁴
- tsau⁴
- tsha꞉ŋ⁵ θuk⁷
- tshœi¹
- tsiŋ³
- tsuŋ²
- tuk⁷
- wɔ²
- wɛt⁹
- ɔ¹
- ȵam¹
- ȵyn¹
- ȵy⁴
- θak⁸
- θa¹
- au1 -- to vomit
- ɔ1 -- to buy
- fak7, san5 -- to throw
- fan3 -- to split
- ha:ŋ2, poi1, pui33 -- to walk
- ham5 -- to sniff, smell
- han5 -- to sleep
- hɛu1 -- to know, be knowledgeable
- hoi1, hoi3 -- to open, uncover
- huk8 -- to swell
- ka4, kwa4 -- to climb
- kai5 -- to count
- kat7 -- to bite
- kɔŋ1 -- to say
- ki1, kun31 -- to eat
- kut7 -- to hit
- kwat8, wɛt9 -- to dig
- kyn6 -- to live, be alive
- lai1 -- to flow
- ly6 wɔ2 -- to laugh
- muŋ6 -- to dream
- nam3 -- to think
- naŋ1 -- to come
- naŋ6, phø42 -- to sit
- ȵam1, tuk7 -- to hold
- ȵyn1, lyn33 -- to stand
- pan5 -- to fly
- paŋ6 -- to lie down
- phiɔ3 -- to spit
- puk8 -- to hide
- put9 -- to grow
- sɔk9 hi5 -- to breathe
- sɔk9 -- to suck
- sia6 -- to shoot
- sip7 -- to fear
- ta:p10 -- to pound, beat
- ta1 phɔ1 -- to cry
- ta1 øm5 -- to swim
- tɛu4, tsa:t9 -- to tie up, fasten
- thɔŋ1 -- to kill
- thɛu3 -- to choose
- thiaŋ5 -- to hear
- tiak9 -- to cut, hack
- tiat55, tsiŋ3 -- to see
- tiau42, tsau4 -- to burn
- tsha:ŋ5 θuk7 -- to yawn
- tshia3, tshyn1 -- to sew
- tshœi1 -- to blow
- tsuŋ2 -- to cook
- θa1 -- to die, be dead
- θak8, mø33 -- to steal