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Language: Biao (Shidong)

Source/Author:  Liang Min 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:byk  Glottocode: biao1253 
Notes:  ISO 639-3: byk Source: 梁敏 / Liang Min. 标话硏究 / Biao hua yan jiu (A Study of Biao). Beijing: 中央民族大学出版社 / Zhong yang min zu da xue chu ban she, 2002.

Biao, the easternmost of the Tai-Kadai languages, is spoken by the Biao people (标人) of Huaiji County (怀集县), Guangdong, China. The Shidong (诗洞) dialect is used. Liang considers Lakkia and Biao to be Kam-Sui languages (Liang 2002:159-160).

Tones (Shidong 诗洞 dialect):
1 = /55/
2 = /214/
3 = /54/
4 = /132/
5 = /35/
6 = /22/
7 = /55/
8 = /35/
9 = /12/
10 = /22/
 
Data Entry:  Typed By: Andrew C. Hsiu  Checked By:  
Statistics: 
  • Total Data: 225
  • Number of Retentions:
  • Number of Loans: 43
 
Classification:  Tai-Kadai:Kam-Tai:Kam-Sui 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
175 above hyn1 tiaŋ1      
191 all      
192 and kuŋ6      
192 and kuŋ6 ma:i4      
146 ash      
173 at ȵy4 also means "to reside"    
13 back word info thaŋ6 θiak9      
165 bad, evil juŋ4      
14 belly tu1 Chinese   L
176 below tai1 møŋ3      
153 big luŋ5      
97 bird phuk7      
97 bird lak8 phuk7      
147 black muk7      
23 blood jan2      
23 blood lyt10 Yonggu Biao Dialect    
15 bone jak8      
113 branch word info san3      
18 breast niŋ3      
56 child liak8 son, offspring 1  
131 cloud word info wan4      
139 cold word info θa:ŋ5      
166 correct, true ha:p10      
166 correct, true ŋa:m5      
168 day jan2      
168 day wɛn2 Yonggu Biao Dialect    
10 dirty ta1 θɔ3      
96 dog mu3      
140 dry word info θa:i5      
82 dull, blunt      
11 dust phuŋ3      
43 ear lak8 ho2      
119 earth/soil phen1      
98 egg ja:i6      
204 Eight word info pa:t9 Chinese   L
45 eye θo1 θiaŋ3      
45 eye θo1      
180 far lɔi1      
104 fat/grease man2      
60 father lam5 na6      
60 father a1 pa1 vocative    
99 feather jaŋ2      
208 Fifty word info ŋ3 sap8 Chinese   L
143 fire pai1   1  
111 fish ma:i6      
201 Five word info ŋ3 Chinese   L
116 flower fa3      
132 fog mu6      
200 Four word info θi5 Chinese   L
117 fruit haŋ6 ȵa2 liak8      
164 good lɛ1      
118 grass jɔk10      
151 green luk8 Chinese   L
151 green thiaŋ3 = Green/Blue, Chinese   L
26 hair word info ha6 lo5 θam1      
1 hand hy2 Chinese ?   L?
184 he/she man2      
24 head ha6 lo5 PAN *qulu 1  
142 heavy tshak7      
61 house løk10      
194 how? word info syŋ5      
57 husband (lam5) uŋ3      
182 I tsia1      
193 if ȵy4 kɔ1 Chinese   L
174 in, inside ly1 møŋ3 Chinese   L
16 intestines wɔi4      
126 lake hu2 Chinese   L
114 leaf my1      
114 leaf mai5 used by older generation speakers, probably more conservative form    
2 left θɔ5 Chinese 54 L
4 leg/foot puk7   41  
135 lightning phɔ3 tshik7 liaŋ6 verb    
17 liver kɔŋ3 Chinese   L
155 long word info wɔi2      
108 louse word info jɔ2 head louse    
108 louse word info san1 body louse    
54 man/male lak8 i3      
103 meat/flesh ŋa:u4 of animals    
103 meat/flesh nɔn4 of people, fruits    
129 moon phyn1      
109 mosquito jɛ6      
59 mother uŋ3 tsɔ3      
59 mother a1 ma5 vocative    
30 mouth θœi1 Chinese   L
63 name miaŋ4 θu6 Chinese   L
158 narrow kɛp10      
179 near a5      
25 neck lak8 ŋen1   1?  
68 needle tsham1      
163 new jau5      
167 night ha:m5      
205 Nine word info ku3 Chinese   L
195 no, not m6      
195 no, not pat7      
27 nose kaŋ2 ȵaŋ3   1?  
162 old word info tsɔ3      
197 One word info jat7 Chinese   L
209 One Hundred word info pa:k9 Chinese   L
210 One Thousand word info thɛn3 Chinese   L
190 other      
160 painful, sick kɛt9 painful 1  
53 person/human being lan2      
53 person/human being jan2      
53 person/human being ȵan4      
133 rain tshan1      
102 rat lak8 nu4      
149 red lyŋ5      
3 right jau6 Chinese   L
6 road/path ti6 tsɔŋ1      
115 root jøk10   31  
65 rope θɔk10 rope (thick)    
65 rope ja6 rope (thin)    
112 rotten word info      
125 salt him4      
121 sand sa3      
124 sea hɔi1 Chinese   L
203 Seven word info that7 Chinese   L
81 sharp θɛm3   1?  
154 short word info tɛ4      
19 shoulder ha6 tshu5      
161 shy, ashamed      
202 Six word info suk7 Chinese   L
12 skin pi4      
128 sky man1      
152 small ȵik7      
145 smoke word info ɛn3 Chinese   L
106 snake tshy1      
110 spider tam1 so1      
130 star θiaŋ3      
79 stick/wood muk8 tree    
120 stone ta1 pɔŋ2      
105 tail tyŋ1      
206 Ten word info sap8 Chinese   L
178 that mui1 before a word    
178 that mɔ5 after a word    
62 thatch/roof      
187 they man2 lan1      
157 thick word info tsho1      
156 thin word info pœk10 Chinese   L
177 this na:i1 before a word 1  
177 this nai2 after a word 1  
183 thou mu2   1  
199 Three word info θa:m1 Chinese   L
134 thunder phɔ3      
134 thunder phɔ3 kiu5 verb    
41 to bite kat7      
137 to blow word info tshœi1 Chinese   L
28 to breathe sɔk9 hi5 Chinese ?   L?
144 to burn word info tsau4 Chinese   L
91 to buy ɔ1      
38 to chew word info      
85 to choose thɛu3      
172 to climb word info kwa4      
172 to climb word info ka4      
7 to come naŋ1      
39 to cook word info tsuŋ2      
196 to count kai5      
34 to cry ta1 phɔ1      
78 to cut, hack word info tiak9      
75 to die, be dead θa1   1  
90 to dig kwat8      
90 to dig wɛt9      
50 to dream muŋ6 Chinese   L
40 to drink      
37 to eat ki1      
95 to fall word info      
22 to fear sip7      
123 to flow lai1      
101 to fly pan5      
86 to grow word info put9 to grow (of wild grass)    
44 to hear thiaŋ5 Chinese   L
171 to hide word info puk8      
72 to hit word info kut7      
89 to hold word info tuk7      
89 to hold word info ȵam1      
69 to hunt word info      
74 to kill thɔŋ1      
20 to know, be knowledgeable hɛu1      
33 to laugh ly6 wɔ2      
33 to laugh wɔ2      
49 to lie down word info paŋ6 to recline (posture)    
76 to live, be alive kyn6      
92 to open, uncover hoi1 older Chinese loanword   L
92 to open, uncover hoi3 later Chinese loanword   L
84 to plant      
93 to pound, beat word info ta:p10      
64 to say kɔŋ1      
77 to scratch word info      
46 to see tsiŋ3 Chinese ?   L?
67 to sew word info tshyn1      
67 to sew word info tshia3      
70 to shoot word info sia6 Chinese   L
51 to sit naŋ6      
48 to sleep han5      
29 to sniff, smell ham5      
36 to spit phiɔ3      
80 to split word info fan3 Chinese   L
88 to squeeze word info      
71 to stab, pierce      
52 to stand ȵyn1      
73 to steal θak8   34  
42 to suck sɔk9      
87 to swell word info huk8      
9 to swim ta1 øm5      
21 to think nam3   1  
94 to throw word info san5      
94 to throw word info fak7 Yonggu Biao Dialect    
66 to tie up, fasten tsa:t9      
66 to tie up, fasten tɛu4      
8 to turn word info      
35 to vomit au1 Chinese   L
5 to walk ha:ŋ2      
5 to walk poi1 to go    
83 to work word info      
47 to yawn tsha:ŋ5 θuk7      
32 tongue tshu1      
32 tongue phyə1 Yonggu Biao Dialect    
31 tooth ŋa4 Chinese   L
207 Twenty word info ȵi6 sap8 Chinese   L
198 Two word info ȵi6 Chinese   L
138 warm word info lɔt9 hot    
138 warm word info am5 warm    
122 water word info na:m4   1  
185 we word info jɔ2 (lan1) inclusive    
185 we word info løŋ2 (lan1) exclusive    
141 wet jai2      
188 what? word info m6 sia1      
170 when? word info      
181 where? word info lia1 kam2      
148 white piak10 Chinese   L
189 who? word info an1 tsan2      
159 wide hut9      
58 wife (lam5) piɔ4      
136 wind lam2      
100 wing tshat7      
55 woman/female lak8 piɔ4      
127 woods/forest liam6      
107 worm (earthworm) søn1 earthworm    
169 year pɛ1      
169 year phui1 Yonggu Biao Dialect    
150 yellow wɔŋ4 Chinese   L
186 you sau1   1  
186 you mu2 lan1      

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