Dzao Min

Introduction

Dzao Min is a language of China. It is spoken in Northern Guangdong Province, Liannan and Yangshan counties; south Hunan Province, Yizhang county.

Dialects

Not intelligible with other Mienic languages. Lexical similarity: 61% with Iu Mien (See: Iu Mien), 59% with Kim Mun (See: Kim Mun), 58% with Biao-Jiao Mien (See: Biao-Jiao Mien?).

The Dzao Min Verb

Verblist

• ai42 -- to sew
• ai42 -- to work
• ba22 -- to hide
• bɛi44 -- to know, be knowledgeable
• bu24 -- to burn
• bu42 -- to dream
• bui42 -- to sleep
• bun24 -- to shoot
• da24 -- to count
• da24 -- to open, uncover
• dai42 -- to kill
• dau24 -- to cut, hack
• dɔu44 -- to fall
• dɔu53 -- to tie up, fasten
• dɛu22 -- to chew
• dɛu42 -- to spit
• dzai53 -- to throw
• dzaŋ53 -- to walk
• dzi53 ti24, sui42 -- to blow
• dzjɛ42 -- to fear
• fɔn44 -- to vomit
• fu24 -- to stand
• hɔu42 -- to climb
• həu54 -- to drink
• hɛi44 -- to sit
• ka44 -- to split
• kan24 -- to choose
• kɔŋ24 -- to say
• kɛt44 -- to hit
• li22 -- to flow
• mai44 -- to buy
• maŋ42 -- to hear
• mɔŋ22 -- to see
• ȵan22 -- to eat
• ȵɛm22 -- to steal
• ȵɛm24 -- to cry
• ȵuŋ44 -- to sniff, smell
• ŋa53 dzi53 ti24 -- to yawn
• ŋau44 -- to bite
• sɛi44 -- to fly
• sjaŋ24 -- to think
• tai22 -- to die, be dead
• tɛi53 -- to come
• tit44 -- to suck
• tsu24 -- to cook
• tsuŋ42 -- to plant
• vɛt44 -- to dig