Nuobi language


Nuobi is a Loloish language of south-central Yunnan, China.

Distribution

Nuobi is spoken in:
Dai reports that ethnic Hani in Yangjie Township 羊街乡, Yuanjiang County belong to the Nuomei 糯美 and Nuobi 糯比 subgroups, who number 9,000 people and 6,000 people respectively in the township. The Nuomei live mostly in Gedie 戈垤, Dangduo 党舵, and Bamu 坝木 administrative villages, while the Nuobi reside mostly in Langzhi 朗支, Yangjie 羊街, and Diexia 垤霞 villages.

Vocabulary

The following basic vocabulary word list of Nuobi is from the Xinping County Ethnic Gazetteer .
English glossChinese glossNuobi
One一tʰi˧
Two二ɲĩ˧˩
Three三si˧
Four四ji̱˧˩
Sky天mu˧˩
Ground地mĩ˥
Day日mu˥tʂɑ˧
Month月ba˧˩lɑ˧˩
Mountain山xɑŋ˧tʰɑ˧
Water水ɑ˥kʰa
River河流lo˨˩ba˨˩ɑ˥kʰa˨˩
Sea海ba˧mo̱˧
Fire火ɑ˥tso˨˩
Long长mɑ̃˧˩
Short短mũ˧˩
Red红nɨ˥
Black黑nɑ˧˩
Come, to来ko˧lɑi˧˩
Go, to去li˧˩mɛ˧
Say, to说je˧˩
Hit, to打dze˥
New新的xɑŋ˧sə˧˩
True真的tseŋ˧sə˧˩
Tell, to告诉je˧do̱˧˩
Soul灵魂jiɑ˥ɬɑ˥
Radio收音机tʂau˧jiŋ˧tsi˧
Electric light电灯tian˧˥teŋ˧