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Muda
Native toChina

Native speakers

2,000 (2007)[1]

Language family

Sino-Tibetan

Language codes
ISO 639-3ymd
Glottologmuda1235
ELPMuda
Muda is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Muda (木达or母打) is a Loloish languageofChina.

There are over 2,000 Muda speakers in Nanlianshan Village Community 南联山村委会[2] (formerly Nanlianshan District, 南联山乡, now part of Gasa Township 嘎洒镇), Jinghong City, Yunnan, China (Xu 1991).[3]

Classification[edit]

Xu (1991) classifies Muda as a Ha-Ya language (see Hani languages).

Hsiu (2018)[4] classifies Muda as an Akha language containing a Bisoid substratum, with the substrate language being an early split from Bisoid. Muda has Cl- consonant clusters like various Bisoid languages, Siloid languages, and Jinuo, while words of Bisoid origin include 'leg', 'house', and 'smoke'.

Phonology[edit]

Muda has the complex consonant onsets /pl, pʰl, bl, ml, pj, pʰj, bj, mj/ (Xu 1991:34).

Vocabulary[edit]

The following vocabulary of Muda is from Xu (1991).

English gloss Chinese gloss Muda Page
White 白 pʰlu⁵⁵ 35
Full 满 blaŋ³³ 35
Pus 脓 ()blaŋ⁵⁵ 36
Arrow 箭 ()mla³¹ 36
Broom 扫帚 ()pʰjɔ⁵⁵ 36
Bee 蜜蜂 bja³¹ 36
Lose, to 遗失 ()bjo̱³³ 36
Fly, to 飞 jɔ³³ 36
Monkey 猴子 ()mjo̱³¹ 36
Many 多 mja³¹ 36
Foot 脚 kʰɯ⁵⁵ 37
Six 六 ko̱³¹ 37
Gallbladder 胆 ()kʰɯ⁵⁵ 37
Star 星星 ()gɯ⁵⁵ 37
Copper 铜 gɯ³¹ 37
Tendon 筋 ()gu³¹ 37
Manure 粪 cçʰe³¹ 38
Root (classifier) 根（量词） cçʰaŋ³¹ 38
Wide 宽 ()ɟje⁵⁵ 38
Drop, to 掉 ɟja³³ 38
Day (time) 天（日子） naŋ³³ 38
Soft 软 nø̱³¹ 38
Cook, to 煮 tɕa̱³¹ 38
Sour 酸 tɕʰɛ⁵⁵ 38
Narrow 窄 tɕu̱³¹ 38
Lick, to 舔 tɕʰy⁵⁵ 38
Stick (classifier) 条 tɕa̱³³ 38
Cry, weep 哭 ɴo⁵⁵ 39
Steal, to 偷 qʰø³¹ 39
Bitter 苦 qʰa³¹ 39
Smoke (fog) 烟（雾） ()qʰø³¹ 39
Nine 九 ɢø³¹ 39
Curved 弯 ɢaŋ³¹ 39
Play, to 玩耍 ()ɢa³³ 39
Enter, to 进 aŋ⁵⁵ 40
Horse 马 maŋ³¹ 40
Open (door) 开（门） pʰaŋ³³ 40
Sell, to 卖 aŋ³¹ 40
Throat 喉咙 kʰaŋ³¹() 40
Dark 暗 jaŋ⁵⁵ 40
Pus 脓 ()blaŋ⁵⁵ 40
Full 满 blaŋ³³ 40
Money 钱 ()kʰaŋ⁵⁵ 40
Bear 狗熊 ()xum⁵⁵ 40
Otter 水獭 ()ɕum⁵⁵ 40
Iron 铁 ɕʰum⁵⁵ 41
Pile (of soil) 堆（土） blum⁵⁵ 41
House 房屋 ʑum⁵⁵ 41
Roast, to 烤 lum⁵⁵ 41
Round 圆 laŋ³³ 41
Surround, to 包围 ()laŋ⁵⁵ 41
Pond 池塘 laŋ³³() 41
Axe 斧子 ()dzɿ³³ 41
Woman 女人 ()mi³¹ 41
Louse 虱子 ɕɛ⁵⁵() 41
Goose 鹅 gɛ̱³³() 41
Push, to 推 dɛ³¹ 41
Edge 边上 ()dzɛ⁵⁵() 41
Eagle 老鹰 ()dzɛ⁵⁵ 41
Saddle 鞍子 ()qɔ̱³³ 41
Shallow 浅 tɛ̱³³ 41
Change, to 改 pʰa³³ 41
Winnow (rice), to 簸（米） ja⁵⁵ 41
See, to 看见 ()mɔ⁵⁵ 41
Mosquito 蚊子 ()gɔ³¹ 41
Change, to 变 pʰa⁵⁵ 41
Stick (classifier) 条 tɕa̱³³ 41
Leg 腿 bɔ⁵⁵() 41
Store, to 铺 qʰɔ³¹ 41

References[edit]

  1. ^ MudaatEthnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  • ^ 景洪市嘎洒镇南联山村委会
  • ^ Xu Shixuan [徐世璇] (1991). 缅彝语几种音类的演变. Minzu Yuwen.
  • ^ Hsiu, Andrew. 2018. Classifications of some lesser-known Lolo-Burmese languages.

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