Dong, Southern

Introduction

Dong, Southern is a language of China. It is spoken in Area where west Hunan Province and north Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region meet, southeast Guizhou (Yuping autonomous county); Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, 20 contiguous counties.

Dialects

Similar to Mulam (See: Mulam). Lexical similarity: 93% with Southern Dong dialects, 71% with Northern Dong (See: Dong, Northern), 46% with Lakkia (See: Lakkia), 29% with Qabiao (See: Qabiao), 26% with Hlai (See: Hlai), 24% with Gelao, 22% with Lachi (See: Lachi?), 6% with Hmong Njua (See: Hmong Njua?), 4% with Iu Mien (See: Iu Mien).

The Dong, Southern Verb

Verblist

• dail
• gol
• wah
• wox

• ɕok55, mo33 -- to pound, beat
• ɕon55 -- to turn
• jɐi33 -- to count
• jau13 -- to fear
• jun55 -- to stand
• ko55 -- to laugh
• ljɐk21 -- to steal
• ma35, tɐŋ55 -- to come
• mja212, to323 -- to plant
• mje33 -- to think
• nɐk35, nun212 -- to sleep
• nɐŋ212, nu53 -- to see
• ne323 -- to cry
• ȵau33 -- to live, be alive
• ȵe53, ɕek13 -- to split
• ȵe55, wen35 -- to vomit
• ŋɐm31 -- to chew
• pɐm323, tɐt55 -- to cut, hack
• pən323 -- to fly
• peŋ531 -- to shoot
• phju453 -- to spit
• pjɐn55 -- to dream
• pu55 -- to swell
• sa13 -- to kill
• səp21, wet13 -- to blow
• sui53 -- to sit
• suk31 -- to tie up, fasten
• ȶɐi323 -- to buy
• tɐi55 -- to die, be dead
• ȶan55, ȶi55 -- to eat
• ȶham13 -- to walk
• ȶhiŋ 453, ɕoŋ55 kha35 -- to hear
• ȶip323, paŋ55 -- to sew
• tok55 -- to fall
• tuŋ55 -- to cook
• um323 -- to hold
• wa33 -- to say
• wo31 -- to know, be knowledgeable
• wum31 -- to drink
• ʔɐi35 -- to open, uncover
• ʔen323, lai33 -- to choose
• ʔit31 -- to bite
• ʔon55, lɐu55, te53 -- to dig
• ʔui35 -- to flow
• ʔui53, heu35 -- to hit