Bouyei
Facts
- Language: Bouyei
- Alternate names: Bo-I, Bui, Buyei, Buyi, Buyui, Chung-Chia, Dioi, Giay, Pui, Pu-I, Pujai, Pu-Jui, Puyi, Puyoi, Shuihu, Tujia, Zhongjia
- Language code: pcc
- Language family: Tai-Kadai, Kam-Tai, Daic-Beic, Daic, Northern Daic-Sek, Northern Daic, Northern Tai
- Number of speakers: 2600000
- Script:
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Introduction
Bouyei is a language of China. It is spoken in Guizhou-Yunnan plateau, mainly Buyi-Miao and Miao-Dong autonomous prefectures, Zhenning and Guanling counties, south and southwest Guizhou; Yunnan Province, Luoping county; Sichuan Province, Ningnan and Huidong counties. Also in France (Giáy), Viet Nam (Giáy).
Dialects
Qiannan (Bouyei 1, Southern Guizhou), Qianxi (Bouyei 3, Western Guizhou), Qianzhong (Bouyei 2, Central Guizhou).
The Bouyei Verb
Verblist
- bail
- bingz
- daail
- dangs
- doongl
- gaail
- gaangc
- gaangc haaus luams songh
- gac
- genl
- ges
- haec
- hauc
- hoz
- iadt
- iel
- jac
- jangl
- mal
- nyib
- raabt
- raaml
- raangx
- ral
- ranl
- roons
- xeh
- xex
- yianh
- ɕɛu44 ta44 -- to swim
- ɕɨ42 -- to buy
- ɕim24 -- to see
- ɕut35 -- to burn
- ðɐk33 -- to steal
- ðɐm42 -- to cut, hack
- ðɛu24 -- to laugh
- ðo42 xɛ44 -- to know, be knowledgeable
- ðʊŋ24 -- to cook
- ðwau25 duɯ31 -- to yawn
- fa31 xɐn31 -- to dream
- fɔk33 -- to swell
- ka:ŋ53, nɐu31 -- to say
- ka44 ɲiə24 -- to hear
- ka53 -- to kill
- kən24 -- to eat
- la:u24 -- to fear
- lɐi24 -- to flow
- lɛ44 -- to choose
- ma24 -- to come
- nɐŋ44 -- to sit
- nin31 -- to sleep
- ɲip33 -- to sew
- pa33 -- to dig
- pa35 -- to split
- pɐi24, pja:i53 -- to walk
- pin24, xən53 -- to climb
- po35 -- to blow
- ta:i24 -- to die, be dead
- tɐi53 -- to cry
- tɕɐu24 -- to live, be alive
- tɛu25 ɕɨ24 -- to breathe
- tok25 -- to fall
- xa:i24 -- to open, uncover
- xap33 -- to bite
- ʔɐu24 -- to hold
- ʔbin24 -- to fly
- ʔdɔt35 -- to drink
- ʔdʊn25 -- to stand
- ʔok44 -- to vomit