Yeheni (爷贺尼; Pingdi Yao 平地瑶)[1][2][3] is a branch of Xiangnan Tuhua spoken by the Yao people in Jianghua Yao Autonomous County, Hunan.[4] It is spoken in Taoxu Town (涛圩镇) and Helukou Town (河路口镇) in Jianghua County, Hunan.

Vocabulary

The following word list of Yeheni is from Li (2011:325–326).[5]

Chinese glossEnglish glossYeheni 爷贺尼Page
猪pigli⁵³325
拦to blockli²²325
干drylie²⁴325
懒lazyli³²325
弯crooked, bentli⁴⁴325
绿greenli³⁵325
子childli³³325
桃子peachlaə²²li³³325
绳子ropesaə²²li³³325
第三人称3rd person personal pronounka²²325
第三人称3rd person personal pronounku⁴⁴325
第三人称3rd person personal pronounlaə³³325
聋子deaf personloŋ²²li³³ka⁴⁴325
缺鼻person with no nosekʰua⁴⁴pei²⁴laə²²325
第一firsttai⁴⁴ji⁴⁴325
第二secondtai⁴⁴nai³⁵325
父亲fatherta³⁵ta³⁵326
哥哥elder brotherkə⁵³kə⁵³326
妹妹younger sistermai²²mai³⁵326
姐姐elder sistertsai³²tsai²⁴326
五头牛five cowsŋoa²²lau²²ŋau²²326
一个碗one bowlji⁴⁴tʂo⁴⁴aŋ²⁴326
一双筷one pair of chopsticksji⁴⁴saŋ⁵³ti²⁴326
一群牛one herd of cattlea²⁴tʂaə²²ŋau²²326
红布red clothʂo⁴⁴poa³³326
热水hot waternai³⁵su²⁴326
公牛bull (male)ŋau²²koa⁵³326
母牛cow (female)ŋau²²m̩⁵³326

References

  1. ↑ 王本瑛; 馬希寧 (2001). 江華爺賀尼話再研究 [A Survey on Ye-He-Ni Dialect in Jiang-Hua County]. 行政院國家科學委員會.
  2. ↑ 王本瑛 (1999). 湘南土話與官話之調查研究. 行政院國家科學委員會. 江華的爺賀尼話和汝城話均為湘南土話。
  3. ↑ 王本瑛 (2003). 從湘南土話的詞彙看湘南地區的語言接觸. 行政院國家科學委員會. 本文從江華爺賀尼話及其他湘南土話的漢壯合璧詞及文白並列詞彙看湘南土話的語言接觸。
  4. ↑ Jianghua County Gazetteer
  5. ↑ Li, Zirong 李志荣, ed. (2011). Húnán Yáozú 湖南瑶族 [Yao People in Hunan] (in Chinese). Beijing: Minzu chubanshe. ISBN 978-7-105-11699-7.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeheni_dialect