T’en
Facts
- Language: T’en
- Alternate names: Rao, Rau, Then, Yang Hwang, Yanghuang
- Language code: tct
- Language family: Tai-Kadai, Kam-Tai, Kam-Sui, Then-MMS
- Number of speakers: 20000
- Vulnerability: Threatened [Read more...]
- Script: Category
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Introduction
T’en is a language of China. It is spoken in Guizhou Province, east Pingtang county; Dushan county; Huishui, just south of Guiyang.
Dialects
Hedong, Hexi, Huishui. Similar to Sui (See: Sui), some scholars consider T’en to be a dialect of Sui (Shearer and Sun 2002).
The T’en Verb
Verblist
- a:u1, təi2 -- to hold
- dɔm5 -- to see
- dəi3 -- to hear
- ɣa4 -- to kill
- in1 -- to stand
- jɔn2 -- to climb
- kam3 -- to bite
- khai1 -- to open, uncover
- kho1 -- to yawn
- ku1 -- to laugh
- let10 -- to choose
- ljeŋ4 -- to think
- loi1 -- to flow
- lwə1 -- to fear
- ma3, təm3 ŋa:t10 -- to grow
- nak8 -- to pound, beat
- nin4 -- to sniff, smell
- nun2 -- to lie down
- nun2 -- to sleep
- ŋa:i2 -- to chew
- ŋe2 -- to cry
- ŋwa:k9 -- to split
- pa:i1, sjɛm3 -- to walk
- pɛŋ5 -- to shoot
- rɔk9 -- to swell
- re3 -- to buy
- rjɛk8 -- to steal
- rjɛk9 -- to vomit
- ro4 -- to plant
- roi2 -- to know, be knowledgeable
- rom4 -- to drink
- roŋ1 -- to say
- sut7 -- to suck
- ta:u3 -- to burn
- tai1 -- to die, be dead
- taŋ1 -- to come
- tɔk9 -- to fall
- te5 -- to cut, hack
- thɔn5 -- to count
- thəp8 -- to blow
- thoi6 -- to sit
- thok10 -- to tie up, fasten
- thuŋ5 -- to breathe
- tip7 -- to sew
- tit7 thoi3 -- to hunt
- tjɛŋ6 -- to spit
- toi2 -- to hit
- toŋ1 -- to cook
- tsam2 -- to hide
- tsjen1 -- to eat
- tsut8 -- to dig
- van2 jan2 -- to dream
- vən4 -- to fly
- woi2, woi2 ram4 -- to swim