Nuobi language explained

Nuobi
Also Known As:Luobi
States:China
Speakers:?
Familycolor:Sino-Tibetan
Fam2:(Tibeto-Burman)
Fam3:Lolo–Burmese
Fam4:Loloish
Fam5:Southern
Fam6:Hani
Iso3:none
Glotto:luob1237
Glottorefname:Luobi

Nuobi (autonym: Lolbiq;[1] pronounced as /lu21 pi33/[2] or pronounced as /lo˥bi˨˩/ in Jinping County meaning 'downriver';[3] Chinese: 糯比 Luobi (Lobi)) is a Loloish language of south-central Yunnan, China.

Distribution

Nuobi is spoken in:

Dai (2009)[7] 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),[8] Dangduo (党舵)[9] (which also has Kucong speakers), and Bamu (坝木)[10] administrative villages, while the Nuobi reside mostly in Langzhi (朗支)[11] (which also has Yi speakers in Zhongliangzi 中梁子 [12]), Yangjie (羊街),[13] and Diexia (垤霞)[14] (including Yidie, 依垤[15] [16]) villages.

Vocabulary

The following basic vocabulary word list of Nuobi is from the Xinping County Ethnic Gazetteer (1992:209–210).

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

References

Notes and References

  1. Book: Zhang, Peizhi 张佩芝 . Hāníyǔ Hāyǎ fāngyán tǔyǔ cíhuì duìzhào . 1998 . Yunnan minzu chubanshe . Kunming . zh . zh:哈尼语哈雅方言土语词汇对照 . Comparative Vocabulary of Ha-Ya Dialects.
  2. Web site: Yunnan sheng minzu shiwu weiyuanhui yanjiushi . Yunnan sheng minzu shiwu weiyuanhui yanjiushi 雲南省民族事務委員會研究室 . 1955 . Yúnnán mínzú shìbié cānkǎo zīliào . zh:雲南民族識別參考資料 . 61 . doc88.com.
  3. Bradley . David . 2001 . Northern Hani Dialects . Paper presented at the 34th International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics (ICSTLL 34), Kunming, China, 24–28 October 2001.
  4. Xinping County Gazetteer 1993:106, 118
  5. Yuanjiang County Gazetteer 1993:81
  6. Jinping County Gazetteer 1994:113–132
  7. Book: Dai, Qingxia 戴庆厦 . Yuánjiāng Xiàn Yángjiē Xiāng yǔyán shǐyòng xiànzhuàng jí qí yǎnbiàn . 2009 . Shangwu yinshuguan . 978-7-100-06603-7 . Beijing . zh . zh:元江县羊街乡语言使用现状及其演变 . Language Status and Change in Yangjie Township, Yuanjiang County.
  8. Web site: Yuánjiāng Xiàn Yángjiē Xiāng Gēdié Cūnmín Wěiyuánhuì . zh:元江县羊街乡戈垤村民委员会 . Gedie Village Committee, Yangjie Township, Yuanjiang County . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180219031152/http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=251857 . 19 February 2018 . 18 February 2018 . ynszxc.gov.cn . zh.
  9. Web site: Yuánjiāng Xiàn Yángjiē Xiāng Dǎngduò Cūnmín Wěiyuánhuì . zh:元江县羊街乡党舵村民委员会 . Dangduo Village Committee, Yangjie Township, Yuanjiang County . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180218211930/http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=251859 . 2018-02-18 . ynszxc.gov.cn.
  10. Web site: Yuánjiāng Xiàn Yángjiē Xiāng Bàmù Cūnmín Wěiyuánhuì . zh:元江县羊街乡坝木村民委员会 . Bamu Village Committee, Yangjie Township, Yuanjiang County . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180219031126/http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=251858 . 2018-02-19 . ynszxc.gov.cn.
  11. Web site: Yuánjiāng Xiàn Yángjiē Xiāng Làngzhī Cūnmín Wěiyuánhuì . zh:元江县羊街乡浪支村民委员会 . Langzhi Village Committee, Yangjie Township, Yuanjiang County . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180218211933/http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=251862 . 18 February 2018 . 18 February 2018 . ynszxc.gov.cn . zh.
  12. Web site: Yuánjiāng Xiàn Yángjiē Xiāng Làngzhī Cūnmín Wěiyuánhuì Zhōngliángzi . zh:元江县羊街乡浪支村民委员会中良子 . Zhongliangzi, Langzhi Village Committee, Yangjie Township, Yuanjiang County . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180219031113/http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=252257 . 19 February 2018 . 18 February 2018 . ynszxc.gov.cn . zh.
  13. Web site: Yuánjiāng Xiàn Yángjiē Xiāng Yángjiē Cūnmín Wěiyuánhuì . zh:元江县羊街乡羊街村民委员会 . Yangjie Village Committee, Yangjie Township, Yuanjiang County . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180218210339/http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=251861 . 18 February 2018 . 18 February 2018 . ynszxc.gov.cn . zh.
  14. Web site: Yuánjiāng Xiàn Yángjiē Xiāng Diéxiá Cūnmín Wěiyuánhuì . zh:元江县羊街乡垤霞村民委员会 . Diexia Village Committee, Yangjie Township, Yuanjiang County . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180218210232/http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=251860 . 18 February 2018 . 18 February 2018 . ynszxc.gov.cn . zh.
  15. Web site: Yuánjiāng Xiàn Yángjiē Xiāng Diéxiá Cūnmín Wěiyuánhuì Yīdié . zh:元江县羊街乡垤霞村民委员会依垤 . Yidie, Diexia Village Committee, Yangjie Township, Yuanjiang County . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180218210257/http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=252243 . 18 February 2018 . 18 February 2018 . ynszxc.gov.cn . zh.
  16. Dai 2009:113

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