Maonan
Facts
- Language: Maonan
- Alternate names: Ai Nan
- Language code: mmd
- Language family: Tai-Kadai, Kam-Tai, Kam-Sui, Then-MMS, Maonan-Mak-Sui, Maonan-Chadong
- Number of speakers: 30000
- Vulnerability: Threatened [Read more...]
- Script:
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Introduction
Maonan is a language of China. It is spoken in North central Guangxi, Huanjiang Maonan autonomous county, Xianan area: Yishan, Nandan, Yizhou; a few in Hechi and Du’an counties.
The Maonan Verb
Verblist
- gangs
- suen
- bok8, la:u4 -- to grow
- ca:ŋ3, la4 -- to say
- cheu5 -- to spit
- chu1 -- to fear
- cit8 -- to bite
- cu1 -- to laugh
- ɕwen2, la:i6 -- to choose
- dai4 du6, kau5, kau5 du6 -- to see
- fa:ŋ1 -- to sew
- ha3 -- to kill
- khai1 -- to open, uncover
- lɔ:n1, taŋ1 -- to come
- ljak7 -- to steal
- loi1 -- to flow
- ma:k7 -- to chew
- ma:k7 -- to split
- na4 -- to drink
- na4 -- to eat
- na5, pɛŋ5 -- to shoot
- nai6, sə:ŋ3 -- to think
- ⁿdjai3 -- to buy
- ⁿdok7 -- to vomit
- nən4 -- to sniff, smell
- nu:n2 -- to sleep
- ȵȡai5 -- to count
- ȵe3 -- to cry
- pa:i1, sa:m3 -- to walk
- pɔ:ŋ4 -- to throw
- sa5 -- to climb
- siŋ3, wo3 -- to know, be knowledgeable
- tai1 -- to die, be dead
- tɔk7 -- to fall
- tək7 a:m5, zau4 na:n4 -- to hunt
- tɛ5 -- to cut, hack
- tsau4 -- to hold
- tsɔŋ5 -- to plant
- tsən2 -- to stand
- tuŋ1 -- to cook
- vɛ4 -- to work
- vin3 -- to fly
- vjen1 -- to dream
- zəp8 -- to blow
- zu:i6 -- to sit
- zuk8 -- to tie up, fasten
- ʔnɔ:k7, map8 -- to hit
- ʔni3 -- to hear
- ʔok7, vɔk7 -- to swell
- ʔwa:t7, tsət8 -- to dig