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Language: Ai-Cham (Diwo)

Source/Author:  Lin Shi & Cui Jianxin 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:aih  Glottocode: aich1238 
Notes:  ISO 639-3: aih This dialect of Ai-Cham (ʔai3 ȶam1) is from Gengfang Hamlet (ʔəu1 vu:ŋ1), Diwo Township, Jialiang District, Libo County, Qiannan Prefecture, Guizhou Province, China. The Diwo dialect is more representative of Ai-Cham than the other varieties are.

Source: Lin, Shi and Cui Jianxin. 1988. "An investigation of the Ai-Cham language." In Jerold A. Edmondson and David B. Solnit (eds.), Comparative Kadai: Linguistic studies beyond Tai, 59-85. Summer Institute of Linguistics Publications in Linguistics, 86. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics and the University of Texas at Arlington.

Diwo Ai-Cham has 8 tones:
1 = /22/
2 = /31/
3 = /33/
4 = /53/
5 = /35/
6 = /13/
7 = /55/
7B = /24/
8 = /31/
 
Problems:  Limited lexicon 
Data Entry:  Typed By: Andrew C. Hsiu  Checked By:  
Statistics: 
  • Total Data: 104
  • Number of Retentions:
  • Number of Loans: 4
 
Classification:  Tai-Kadai:Kam-Tai:Kam-Sui 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
175 above      
191 all      
192 and      
146 ash vok7B      
173 at      
13 back word info      
165 bad, evil      
14 belly      
176 below l̥a3      
153 big      
97 bird nok8   1  
147 black nam1   1  
147 black nwa:i3      
23 blood phja:t7      
15 bone ka:ŋ3 fish bone    
113 branch word info ŋa6      
18 breast ɕu4   1?  
56 child      
131 cloud word info      
139 cold word info ȵit7      
166 correct, true toi5 Chinese   L
168 day      
10 dirty wa5      
96 dog      
140 dry word info ti:m4 to dry a mat    
82 dull, blunt wa3      
11 dust      
43 ear      
119 earth/soil      
98 egg      
204 Eight word info pa:t7 Chinese   L
45 eye da1   1  
180 far      
104 fat/grease maŋ6      
60 father      
99 feather      
208 Fifty word info      
143 fire      
111 fish məm6      
201 Five word info      
116 flower hwa1 Chinese   L
132 fog mok7   53  
200 Four word info      
117 fruit      
164 good      
118 grass      
151 green j̥əu1      
26 hair word info pjam1      
1 hand mi1   1  
184 he/she man1      
24 head      
142 heavy      
61 house ja:n1      
194 how? word info      
57 husband      
182 I ʔe2      
193 if      
174 in, inside      
16 intestines      
126 lake      
114 leaf va5      
2 left      
4 leg/foot pau1 foot 43  
4 leg/foot ka1 leg 42  
135 lightning      
17 liver tap7   37  
155 long word info      
108 louse word info təu1   1  
54 man/male ba:n1      
103 meat/flesh      
129 moon ni:n2      
109 mosquito ȵuŋ4   58  
59 mother      
30 mouth pa:k7      
63 name da:n1   1  
158 narrow njap7      
179 near      
25 neck ku4      
68 needle      
163 new      
167 night      
205 Nine word info      
195 no, not məi6 not yet    
27 nose      
162 old word info      
197 One word info      
209 One Hundred word info pek7 Chinese   L
210 One Thousand word info      
190 other      
160 painful, sick ȶit7      
53 person/human being ȡin1      
133 rain vin1      
102 rat      
149 red      
3 right      
6 road/path khun1      
115 root      
65 rope di:k7B thread    
112 rotten word info nwat7      
125 salt      
121 sand      
124 sea      
203 Seven word info      
81 sharp l̥ui1      
81 sharp l̥weŋ5      
81 sharp da:u3      
154 short word info dam5      
154 short word info din6      
19 shoulder ha1      
161 shy, ashamed      
202 Six word info      
12 skin      
128 sky mən1      
152 small      
145 smoke word info      
106 snake      
110 spider      
130 star      
79 stick/wood      
120 stone tui2      
105 tail zwət7B      
206 Ten word info      
178 that      
62 thatch/roof      
187 they      
157 thick word info na1   47  
156 thin word info ba:ŋ1      
156 thin word info nun6      
177 this na:i6   1  
183 thou ŋ2      
199 Three word info      
134 thunder pja3      
41 to bite ȶam3      
137 to blow word info po5      
28 to breathe      
144 to burn word info tun1      
91 to buy      
38 to chew word info      
85 to choose      
172 to climb word info pin1      
7 to come m̥a1      
39 to cook word info      
196 to count ȡai5      
34 to cry ȵe3      
78 to cut, hack word info ȵ̊ak7B      
78 to cut, hack word info phu:t7      
75 to die, be dead tai1   1  
90 to dig      
50 to dream      
40 to drink      
37 to eat si:n1      
95 to fall word info tok7   76  
22 to fear l̥jəu1      
123 to flow      
101 to fly      
86 to grow word info      
44 to hear      
171 to hide word info ȶha3      
72 to hit word info map8      
89 to hold word info      
69 to hunt word info      
74 to kill      
20 to know, be knowledgeable      
33 to laugh      
49 to lie down word info niŋ3   56  
76 to live, be alive      
92 to open, uncover      
84 to plant      
93 to pound, beat word info ɕuk7 PMP *tuktuk?    
64 to say      
77 to scratch word info      
46 to see      
67 to sew word info tip7      
70 to shoot word info peŋ5      
51 to sit      
48 to sleep nən2      
29 to sniff, smell      
36 to spit      
80 to split word info pɯk7      
88 to squeeze word info pan3      
71 to stab, pierce      
52 to stand      
73 to steal ȶip7 to rob    
42 to suck      
87 to swell word info      
9 to swim lui1   1  
9 to swim ȡui1      
21 to think      
94 to throw word info wit8      
66 to tie up, fasten      
8 to turn word info      
35 to vomit du:k7B   1  
5 to walk pa:i1      
83 to work word info na:m1 working hard    
47 to yawn      
32 tongue ma2   1  
31 tooth      
207 Twenty word info      
198 Two word info ja1      
138 warm word info pjom6      
122 water word info nam3   1  
185 we word info di1   9  
185 we word info wə1      
141 wet min2 moist    
188 what? word info      
170 when? word info      
181 where? word info      
148 white pu:k8      
189 who? word info      
159 wide      
58 wife      
136 wind ləm1   63  
100 wing      
55 woman/female bi:k7B      
55 woman/female si3 ja4      
127 woods/forest      
107 worm (earthworm) zjan4      
169 year      
150 yellow ŋ̊a:n3      
186 you si1   1  

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