Biao Mon

Introduction

Biao Mon is a language of China. It is spoken in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Mengshan, Zhaoping, Pingle, Lipu, and Gongcheng counties.

Dialects

Biao Mon (Min Yao), Shi Mun (Sida Min Yao). May be intelligible with some dialects of Iu Mien (See: Iu Mien). Quite different from and unintelligible with Biao Jiao Mien (See: Biao-Jiao Mien?) or its dialect Biaomin, also called Biao Mien.

The Biao Mon Verb

Verblist

• an33 -- to grow
• bei33, bəi24 -- to dream
• bo54, ŋ̊a53 -- to hit
• ɕaŋ53, lam53 -- to think
• ɕɛn35, thiu22 -- to choose
• dai24, dai55 -- to fly
• dau35, khom55 -- to cut, hack
• ðiu22, dʑiu42 -- to chew
• ðja53, lja35 -- to spit
• ðjəu22, thwəi33 -- to flow
• djəu35, la35 -- to throw
• ðun31, tsu24 -- to sew
• ðut54, dzun53 -- to suck
• dzja55, khən53 ȡa24 -- to fear
• əm35 -- to swell
• həp43, hup44 -- to drink
• hom55, m̥ja24 -- to sniff, smell
• ka31 hau33, te35 klɔ42 hɔ33 -- to yawn
• khwai33 -- to open, uncover
• kjɛ24, phi53 -- to split
• lu35, u53 -- to vomit
• ma33, pla:n31 -- to climb
• mai33, nɔŋ42 -- to buy
• m̥ɔŋ24, moŋ55 -- to hear
• mə42, nom53 -- to see
• meŋ35, tɕen24 -- to hide
• mi24, pwei35 -- to sleep
• nim22, thəi33 -- to steal
• ȵan35, ȵim53 -- to cry
• ȵaŋ31, jaŋ31 -- to walk
• ȵin22, ȵin42 -- to eat
• pau35, pu53 -- to burn
• pei33, pəi33 -- to know, be knowledgeable
• phwat54, ta35 -- to fall
• pwən53, te35 -- to shoot
• ta:i31, ta31 -- to come
• tai22, tai42 -- to die, be dead
• tai24, tai35 -- to kill
• tap21, than42 -- to bite
• ȶɔ35, koŋ53 -- to say
• ȶɔŋ24, tsəŋ35 -- to plant
• ȶəu35, tsau53 -- to cook
• ȶhui33, phləm53 -- to blow
• un53, vjet54 -- to dig
• θai33, kləi35 -- to tie up, fasten
• θau35, wəi24 -- to work
• θau53, səu35 -- to stand
• θwei121, tswəi53 -- to sit