Bugan

Introduction

Bugan is a language of China. It is spoken in Southeast Yunnan Province, Wenshan Zhuang and Miao autonomous prefecture, Guangnan and Xichou counties, South Guangnan Nasa township, 4 Bugan villages: Laowalong, Xinwalong, Xinpingzhai, and Nala; Guangnan county, Zhuanjiao district, 2 Bugan villages: Jiuping, Shibeipo; Northern Yanshan county, Jijie district, Manlong and 6 other villages.

Dialects

Very minor accent differences between villages.

The Bugan Verb

Verblist

• a̰u31, a̰u55 -- to vomit
• bdei24 -- to spit
• bi35, mbɛ̰i24 -- to buy
• ɕaŋ24, po̰35 -- to tie up, fasten
• ɕɔ33, ɕo44 -- to fear
• ɕin24 -- to steal
• da24, ʑə31, ta35 -- to see
• khɔ35 -- to lie down
• khə̰35 -- to open, uncover
• kou44 -- to hide
• la̰i55, lɛ̰i31 -- to fall
• mbaŋ13, sa31 -- to breathe
• mbau31 -- to swell
• mbo31 -- to dream
• mḭ13, mi24 -- to know, be knowledgeable
• mḭo31, mjo̰31 -- to laugh
• na̰ŋ44, naŋ33 -- to sleep
• ndɛ35, ndɛ55, ndɛ̰31 -- to hit
• ndo44, tɔ̰13, to̰44 -- to burn
• no̰31, nuk31 -- to come
• ȵa31, fa̰ŋ24, kɔŋ31 -- to think
• ȵa̰31, ȵa̰55 -- to walk
• ȵa33, ȵa44 -- to sit
• ȵɔ̰13, ȵɔ̰55, ȵo̰31 -- to stand
• ȵḛ31 -- to chew
• ȵo31 -- to swim
• ȵu13 ba̰55 -- to work
• pa̰31, pua31, tɕeu35 -- to sew
• pau31, pou31 -- to dig
• pə55 maŋ31 khɔ̰ŋ33 -- to yawn
• phan31, phen31 -- to throw
• phɔ31 -- to blow
• phtsha̰31, ptsha13 -- to kill
• pia33, qa̰44, to̰35, tu44 -- to climb
• pḭo13, pioŋ13, pjo̰24 -- to say
• ptsa55, ptsa̰31 -- to die, be dead
• qḛn24 -- to cut, hack
• qḛn24 -- to split
• sai31 -- to choose
• sa̰i31 -- to live, be alive
• tɑn35, ten24 -- to pound, beat
• taŋ31 -- to cook
• tɕa̰24, tsa̰13 -- to bite
• tɕɛ31 -- to hear
• tɕo̰u31 -- to flow
• tḛi24, taŋ31 -- to shoot
• tho31 -- to grow
• thu31 -- to fly
• tɯ̰31 -- to plant
• tɯ31 -- to squeeze
• tsɔ̰31 ɕɔ̰35 -- to hunt
• tsḛŋ24, tsa̰n35 -- to sniff, smell
• tsṵ31, tso̰u31 -- to eat
• va̰24, va̰35 -- to drink
• va̰31 -- to suck
• ʑa44, ʑɑ33 -- to cry