Muda language


Muda is a Loloish language of China.
There are over 2,000 Muda speakers in Nanlianshan Village Community 南联山村委会, Jinghong City, Yunnan, China.

Classification

Xu classifies Muda as a Ha-Ya language.
Hsiu classifies Muda as an Akha language containing a Bisoid substratum, with the substrate language being an early split from Bisoid. Muda has Cl- consonant clusters like various Bisoid languages, Siloid languages, and Jinuo, while words of Bisoid origin include 'leg', 'house', and 'smoke'.

Phonology

Muda has the complex consonant onsets .

Vocabulary

The following vocabulary of Muda is from Xu.
English glossChinese glossMudaPage
White35
Full35
Pus36
Arrow36
Broom36
Bee36
Lose, to36
Fly, to36
Monkey36
Many36
Foot37
Six37
Gallbladder37
Star37
Copper37
Tendon37
Manure38
Root 38
Wide38
Drop, to38
Day 38
Soft38
Cook, to38
Sour38
Narrow38
Lick, to38
Stick 38
Cry, weep39
Steal, to39
Bitter39
Smoke 39
Nine39
Curved39
Play, to39
Enter, to40
Horse40
Open 40
Sell, to40
Throat-40
Dark40
Pus40
Full40
Money40
Bear40
Otter40
Iron41
Pile 41
House41
Roast, to41
Round41
Surround, to41
Pond-41
Axe41
Woman41
Louse-41
Goose-41
Push, to41
Edge-41
Eagle41
Saddle41
Shallow41
Change, to41
Winnow, to41
See, to41
Mosquito41
Change, to41
Stick 41
Leg-41
Store, to41