Adu language
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Native to | China |
Ethnicity | Yi |
Sino-Tibetan
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Adu (Chinese: 阿笃) is an unclassified Loloish language of Huaning County, Yunnan, China.
Classification
[edit]Pelkey (2011:431)[1] suggests that the neighboring Xiqi, Ati, and Long languages of Huaning County may be Southeastern Loloish languages. Hsiu (2018) also suggests a Southeastern Loloish affiliation.[2]
Distribution
[edit]The Huaning County Gazetteer 华宁县志 (1994:514) lists the following locations of Adu.
- Qinglong Town 青龙镇: Songzichang 松子场,[3] Xinzhai 新寨,[4] Douju 斗居,[5] Chengmendong 城门洞,[6] Niuqiduo 牛期多[7]
- Lufeng Township 禄丰乡: Gele 革勒[8]
Vocabulary
[edit]The Huaning County Ethnic Gazetteer (1992:72)[9] provides a short word list of Adu, Ati, Xiqi, Nong, and Azhe transcribed using Chinese characters, shown below. Pinyin transliterations have also been provided below.
English gloss | Chinese gloss | Adu (阿笃语) | Ati (阿梯语) | Xiqi (西期语) | Nong (弄语) | Azhe (阿哲语) |
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village | 寨子 | 且 | 且 | 卡 | 卡 | 卡 |
water | 水 | 叶 | 叶 | 矣咋 | 翁咋 | 叶 |
girl | 小姑娘 | 燃米诺 | 尼格莫 | 阿门儿若 | 阿门儿少若 | 若麻儿西若 |
boy | 小伙子 | 茶塞 | 差血若 | 阿杂若 | 撮沙若 | 若那儿 |
corn | 包谷 | 矣白儿 | 苏柏儿 | 阻目 | 苏木白儿 | 火魔 |
have | 有 | 杂杂 | 杂杂 | 白儿 | 杂 | 祖阿(杂) |
not | 无 | 麻 | 麻 | 麻 | 麻 | 阿米 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Pelkey, Jamin. 2011. Dialectology As Dialectic: Interpreting Phula Variation. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton.
- ^ Hsiu, Andrew (2018). "Nisoish". Sino-Tibetan Branches Project. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
- ^ "华宁县青龙镇斗居村民委员会松子厂村". ynszxc.net. Archived from the original on 2018-12-30. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
- ^ "华宁县青龙镇斗居村民委员会新寨村". ynszxc.net. Archived from the original on 2018-12-30. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
- ^ "华宁县青龙镇斗居村民委员会". ynszxc.net. Archived from the original on 2018-12-30. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
- ^ "华宁县青龙镇城门硐村民委员会城门硐村". ynszxc.net. Archived from the original on 2018-12-30. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
- ^ "华宁县青龙镇城门硐村民委员会牛期多村". ynszxc.net. Archived from the original on 2018-12-30. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
- ^ "华宁县青龙镇革勒村民委员会". ynszxc.net. Archived from the original on 2018-12-30. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
- ^ Huaning County Ethnic Gazetteer Editorial Committee (ed). 1992. Huaning County Ethnic Gazetteer 华宁县民族志. Kunming: Yunnan People’s Press 云南民族出版社.