| Maojia | |
|---|---|
| 猫家 mau55 ka55 | |
| Pronunciation | [mau˥ka˥] |
| Native to | China |
| Region | Hunan,Guangxi |
| Ethnicity | Miao |
Native speakers | (200,000 cited 1991)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | None |
Maojia (猫家mau55ka55[1]) is amixed language in Southern China. Maojiahua is an unclassifiedSinitic language that has undergone influence fromHmongic languages.[which?][2]
Maojiahua is spoken by about 200,000 people of Au-Ka (Aoka 奥卡)Miaoethnicity inChengbu,Suining,Wugang andSuining in southwest part ofHunan Province, as well as inZiyuan andLongsheng in the northern part ofGuangxi Province.[3]
According to Chen Qiguang (2013:32),[1] "Maojia" (mau55ka55), also known as "Qingyi Miao 青衣苗", is spoken mostly inChengbu County,Hunan, and also in Suining, Wugang, Longsheng, and Ziyuan counties. There is a total of about 120,000 speakers. The representative dialect given in Chen (2013) is that of Xintang Village 信塘村, Yangshi Township 羊石乡,Chengbu Miao Autonomous County, Hunan Province. Li (2004) covers various dialects of Qingyi Miao in detail.
Below are selected words of likely non-Chinese origin from the Qingyi Miao dialect of Wutuan Town 五团镇,Chengbu County 城步县, Hunan (Li 2004).
| English gloss | Chinese gloss | Qingyi Miao |
|---|---|---|
| eat | 吃 | y²¹ |
| oil | 油 | lu⁵² |
| meat | 肉 | nai⁴⁴ |
| pig | 猪 | te⁵⁵ |
| small | 小 | nɑ⁵⁵ |
| child | 孩子 | nɑŋ⁵⁵li³² |
| nose | 鼻子 | pi⁵²haŋ²¹³ |
| spider | 蜘蛛 | kiou⁵⁵ɕi⁵⁵ |
| bedbug | 臭虫 | pie⁵⁵ |
| star | 星星 | se⁵⁵le³² |
| dust | 灰尘 | tʰoŋ⁵⁵din⁴⁴ |
| this | 这 | ko²¹ |
| that | 那 | mi⁴⁴ |
| one | 一 | ɑ⁴⁴ |
| thick (of soup) | 稠 | no⁵² |
| hidden, secret | 密 | nin²¹³ |
| earthworm | 蚯蚓 | din²¹kai³² |
| sponge gourd (Luffa aegyptiaca) | 丝瓜 | se³²tai⁵⁵kuɑ⁵⁵ |
| infant | 婴幼儿 | naŋ⁵⁵le³² |
| outsider | 外地人 | lai⁵²tɕie²¹³ŋ⁴⁴ |
| son | 儿子 | naŋ⁵⁵li³², naŋ⁵⁵tsai³² |
| spit | 吐 | ia⁵² |
| vagina | 女阴 | tsɿ⁵⁵ |
| do | 做 | niɑŋ⁵² |
| excrement | 屎 | kai²¹³ |
| squat, kneel | 蹲 | nioŋ⁵⁵ |
| concave | 凹 | mie²¹ |
| thin (of person) | 廋 | tse⁵⁵ |