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, Yuanjiang County belong to the Nuomei and Nuobi subgroups, who number 9,000 people and 6,000 people respectively in the township. The Nuomei live mostly in Gedie, Dangduo, and Bamu administrative villages, while the Nuobi reside mostly in Langzhi, Yangjie, and Diexia villages.

Vocabulary

The following basic vocabulary word list of Nuobi is from the Xinping County Ethnic Gazetteer .
English glossChinese glossNuobi
One一tʰi³³
Two二ȵĩ³¹
Three三si³³
Four四ji̱³¹
Sky天mu³¹
Ground地mĩ⁵⁵
Day日mu⁵⁵tʂɑ³³
Month月bᴀ³¹lɑ³¹
Mountain山xɑŋ³³tʰɑ³³
Water水ɑ⁵⁵kʰᴀ
River河流lo²¹bᴀ²¹ɑ⁵⁵kʰᴀ²¹
Sea海bᴀ³³mo̱³³
Fire火ɑ⁵⁵tso²¹
Long长mɑ̃³¹
Short短mũ³¹
Red红nɨ⁵⁵
Black黑nɑ³¹
Come, to来ko³³lɑi³¹
Go, to去li³¹mɛ³³
Say, to说je³¹
Hit, to打dze⁵⁵
New新的xɑŋ³³sə³¹
True真的tseŋ³³sə³¹
Tell, to告诉je³³do̱³¹
Soul灵魂jiɑ⁵⁵ɬɑ⁵⁵
Radio收音机tʂau³³jiŋ³³tsi³³
Electric light电灯tian³⁵teŋ³³