Dong dialect

Dong
峒话
Regionsouthern Hunan
EthnicityYao
Sino-Tibetan
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
GlottologNone

Dong dialect (Chinese: 峒话)[1][2][3][4] is an unclassified Sinitic language spoken by the Yao people in Xinning County, Hunan province, China. Dong dialect is currently endangered, and is spoken in the villages of Huangyandong 黄岩峒, Malindong 麻林峒, and Dazhendong 大圳峒 in Huangjin Ethnic Yao Township 黄金瑶族乡, Xinning County.[5] It is also spoken in Malin Ethnic Yao Township 麻林瑶族乡, located just to the east of Huangjin Township.

It is documented in detail as Malinhua 麻林话 by Hu (2018).[6]

Vocabulary

The following word list of Dong dialect is from Li (2011:332–334).[7]

Standard Chinese gloss English gloss Dong gloss
hard, stiff ŋai¹¹
cattle ŋau¹³
you (singular) ŋ̍³³
one i⁵⁵
two liə¹¹
three sa³⁵
four ɕi⁵⁵
five ɤŋ³³
six lei³³
seven tɕʰi⁵⁵
eight pia³³
nine tɕy³³
ten dzi¹¹
hundred pa³³
thousand tsʰai³⁵
million uai¹¹
亿 hundred million i³⁵
jin (Chinese measurement) tɕin³⁵
double lio³³
classifier (general) kəu³³
classifier (animals, pieces) tɕa³³
root and stem of certain plants tau³⁵
classifier (thin, long objects) dy¹³
root ɣai¹³
husband dio³³
chi (Chinese measurement) tsʰa³³
li (Chinese measurement) li³³
sky tʰiə³⁵
ground ti¹¹
person, human being ɤŋ¹³
cloud ɣoŋ³³
rain u³³
frost ɕio³⁵
east toŋ³⁵
south la³³
西 west ɕi³⁵
north pai³³
spring tɕʰoŋ³⁵
summer xa¹¹
autumn tsʰei³⁵
winter toŋ³⁵
chicken tɕi³⁵
dog kau³³
to jump tʰei³³
to hit dei³³
to lift diəa³³
to climb la³³
fast kʰəa³³
slow mai¹¹
good xəu³³
bad ya¹¹
black xai³³
white ba¹¹
起床 to get up from bed di³³tɕʰi¹¹
洗脸 to wash face ɕiə³³miə¹³
梳头 to comb hair ɕy³⁵dau³³
炒菜 to stir-fry vegetables tsʰəu³³tɕʰəa⁵⁵³
吃亮堂饭(早饭) to eat breakfast y¹¹do¹³lo³⁵pai¹¹
喂猪 to feed pig ui⁵⁵tei³⁵
看牛 to tend cattle lei⁵⁵ŋao³³
弄柴 to prepare firewood ləu³⁵dʑəa³³
烧火 to burn fire ɕy³⁵fəu³³
吃半日饭(中午饭) to eat lunch y¹¹po⁵⁵ɣoŋ³³pai¹¹
挑水 to carry water ta³⁵ɕui³³
洗衣 to wash clothes ɕiə³³i³⁵
缝衣 to sew clothes lai³³i³⁵
洗澡 to take a bath ba¹³duo¹³
吃夜头饭 to eat dinner yi¹¹ia¹¹dau³³pai¹¹
穿衣 to wear clothes təu³³i³⁵
穿裤 to wear pants bəu¹³fu⁵⁵
穿鞋 to wear shoes da¹¹iəa¹³
戴帽子 to wear hat tia⁵⁵mo³³tə¹⁰
睡觉 to sleep miə³³ŋo¹³tɕo¹⁰
自己 self (reflexive) tɕiə¹¹ka³⁵
我们 we (exclusive) a³³li³⁵
他们 they tʰaŋ³⁵li¹⁰
大家 everyone tɕin¹¹ɕi⁵⁵
老女(妻子) old woman (wife) ləu³³ny³⁵
主家人(丈夫) head of household (husband) tɕəu³³ka³⁵ɤŋ¹³

Further reading

  • Hú, Píng [胡萍] (2024). Húnán Xīnníng Yáozú Dònghuà [湖南新宁瑶族峒话]. Beijing: Commercial Press [商务印书馆].

References

  1. ^ Hu, Ping; Zhou, Huimei; Yang, Yiling (2018). "Viewing the Ba Dong Bamboo Culture Status and Countermeasure from Dong Dialect". Journal of Foshan University (Social Science Edition). 36 (3): 41-49. ISSN 1008-018X. Archived from the original on 17 July 2026.
  2. ^ Wu, Ping; Xu, Yang; Hu, Ping (2010). "An Investigation of the Endanger Donghua Dialect of Malin and HuangjinYao Autonomous Townships in Xinning County". Journal of Central South University of Forestry & Technology (Social Sciences). 4 (1): 18-22. ISSN 1673-9272. Archived from the original on 17 July 2026.
  3. ^ 吴萍 (25 October 2012). "湖南新宁瑶族"峒话"音系". 现代语文(语言研究版): 15-18. ISSN 1008-8024.
  4. ^ 许阳; 胡萍 (15 November 2010). "新宁县瑶族乡峒话的语音系统". 文教资料: 26-27. ISSN 1004-8359.
  5. ^ Lei Biying; Zheng Linguang [雷碧英; 郑林光; 新宁县民族宗教事务局; 新宁县黄金瑶族乡中心学校]. 2012. Badong Yao language [八峒瑶语]. Xinning: Xinning County Ethnic and Religious Affairs Bureau [新宁县民族宗教事务局].
  6. ^ Hu, Ping 胡萍 (2018). Yuyan jiechu yu Xiangxinan Miao Yao Pinghua diaocha yanjiu 语言接触与湘西南苗瑤平话调查研究. Changsha: Yuelu shushe 岳麓书社. ISBN 9787553808710. OCLC 1073112896.
  7. ^ Li Zirong [李志荣] (ed). 2011. Hunan Yaozu [湖南瑶族]. Beijing: Ethnic Publishing House [民族出版社]. ISBN 978-7-105-11699-7

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