Dong, Southern
Facts
- Language: Dong, Southern
- Alternate names: Gam, Kam, Tong, Tung, Tung-Chia
- Language code: kmc
- Language family: Tai-Kadai, Kam-Tai, Kam-Sui, Mulam-Kam, Kamic
- Number of speakers: 1000000
- Script:
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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