Bunu, Jiongnai
Facts
- Language: Bunu, Jiongnai
- Alternate names: Hualan Yao, Jiongnai, Jiongnaihua, Kiong Nai, Punu, Qiungnai
- Language code: pnu
- Language family: Hmong-Mien, Hmongic, Nuclear Hmongic-Ho Ne, Jiongnai-Ho Ne
- Number of speakers: 1080
- Vulnerability: Threatened [Read more...]
- Script: Category
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Introduction
Bunu, Jiongnai is a language of China. It is spoken in East Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jinxiu Yao autonomous county.
Dialects
Very different from and unintelligible to surrounding Yao and other Bunu speakers. Lexical similarity: 52% with Bu-Nao Bunu (See: Bunu, Bu-Nao).
The Bunu, Jiongnai Verb
Verblist
- kan35 -- to choose
- kɔ43, tʃɔuŋ22 -- to say
- khai44 -- to tie up, fasten
- khwai53, khwe43, pwai44 -- to throw
- kjɔ53 -- to hold
- klɔ33 -- to hunt
- leŋ35 -- to see
- ljɔu31, pei44 -- to flow
- l̥jeu44 -- to grow
- m̥ai35 -- to sniff, smell
- m̥aŋ35 -- to hear
- mɔ44 -- to buy
- mɔuŋ53 -- to hide
- mpe35 -- to dream
- naŋ33 -- to eat
- nen35 -- to think
- ntɔ43, pɔ53 -- to hit
- nteŋ53 -- to fall
- ntja35 -- to climb
- ntʃhei44 -- to fear
- ntʃu35 -- to vomit
- ntu53 -- to cut, hack
- ȵaŋ44 -- to sit
- ȵiŋ22 -- to steal
- ȵiŋ53 -- to cry
- ŋa44 ntjɔ33 -- to yawn
- ŋkjoŋ33 -- to sew
- oŋ35 -- to swell
- pau35 -- to sleep
- pe44, tjeu35 -- to know, be knowledgeable
- phli53 -- to spit
- phu44 -- to blow
- ʃe44 -- to open, uncover
- ta35 -- to kill
- tei31 -- to plant
- tjau53 -- to cook
- tʃe35 -- to work
- tʃu43 -- to laugh
- tu32, ŋa43 -- to bite
- tu53 -- to pound, beat
- va43 -- to dig
- v̥a53 -- to burn
- xe33, ŋ̊ŋ31 -- to walk
- ʑi35 -- to fly
- θjau53 -- to stand
- θu35, lɔu31 -- to come