Long language
{{short description|Unclassified Loloish language of Huaning County, Yunnan, China}}
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Long or Nong ({{zh|弄}}; also called Longmu 龙亩) is an unclassified Loloish language of Huaning County, Yunnan, China. It is also called Luowu 罗婺.Huaning County Ethnic Gazetteer 华宁县民族志 (1992:47)
Classification
Pelkey (2011:431){{Cite book |last=Pelkey |first=Jamin |title=Dialectology as Dialectic: Interpreting Phula Variation |date=2011 |publisher=De Gruyter Mouton |location=Berlin |language=en}} suggests that the Xiqi, Ati, and Long languages of Huaning County may be Southeastern Loloish languages. Hsiu (2018) suggests a Northern Loloish affiliation.{{cite web|last=Hsiu|first=Andrew|url=https://sites.google.com/site/sinotibetanbranches/eastern-sino-tibetan/burmo-qiangic/lolo-burmese/nisoish|title=Nisoish|work=Sino-Tibetan Branches Project|date=2018|access-date=2023-03-09}}
Distribution
The Huaning County Gazetteer 华宁县志 (1994:514) lists the following locations of Nong within Xincheng Township 新城乡: Xincheng 新城,{{Cite web |title=Huáníng Xiàn Níngzhōu Zhèn Xīnchéng Cūnmín Wěiyuánhuì Xīnchéng Cūn |script-title=zh:华宁县宁州镇新城村民委员会新城村 |trans-title=Xincheng Village, Xincheng Village Committee, Ningzhou Town, Huaning County |url=http://www.ynszxc.net/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=249201 |access-date=2017-12-30 |website=ynszxc.net |language=zh}} Longmu 龙亩,{{Cite web |title=Huáníng Xiàn Níngzhōu Zhèn Xīnchéng Cūnmín Wěiyuánhuì Lóngmǔ Cūn |script-title=zh:华宁县宁州镇新城村民委员会龙亩村 |trans-title=Longmu Village, Xincheng Village Committee, Ningzhou Town, Huaning County |url=http://www.ynszxc.net/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=249202 |access-date=2017-12-30 |website=ynszxc.net |language=zh}} Kazhai 卡寨,{{Cite web |title=Huáníng Xiàn Níngzhōu Zhèn Xīnchéng Cūnmín Wěiyuánhuì Kǎzhài Cūn |script-title=zh:华宁县宁州镇新城村民委员会卡寨村 |trans-title=Kazhai Village, Xincheng Village Committee, Ningzhou Town, Huaning County |url=http://www.ynszxc.net/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=249616 |access-date=2017-12-30 |website=ynszxc.net |language=zh}} Sheyingzhai 舍阴寨,{{Cite web |title=Huáníng Xiàn Níngzhōu Zhèn Ālùběn Cūnmín Wěiyuánhuì Shěyīnzhài Cūn |script-title=zh:华宁县宁州镇阿路本村民委员会舍阴寨村 |trans-title=Sheyinzhai Village, Aluben Village Committee, Ningzhou Town, Huaning County |url=http://www.ynszxc.net/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=249213 |access-date=2017-12-30 |website=ynszxc.net |language=zh}} Shemuduo 舍亩多,{{Cite web |title=Huáníng Xiàn Níngzhōu Zhèn Shěmùduō Cūnmín Wěiyuánhuì |script-title=zh:华宁县宁州镇舍木多村民委员会 |trans-title=Shemuduo Village Committee, Ningzhou Town, Huaning County |url=http://www.ynszxc.net/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=249001 |access-date=2017-12-30 |website=ynszxc.net |language=zh}} Suojugou 所居沟,{{Cite web |title=Huáníng Xiàn Níngzhōu Zhèn Shěmùduō Cūnmín Wěiyuánhuì Suǒjīgōu Cūn |script-title=zh:华宁县宁州镇舍木多村民委员会所基沟村 |trans-title=Suojigou Village, Shemuduo Village Committee, Ningzhou Town, Huaning County |url=http://www.ynszxc.net/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=249230 |access-date=2017-12-30 |website=ynszxc.net |language=zh}} Pusulu 普苏鲁.{{Cite web |title=Huáníng Xiàn Níngzhōu Zhèn Nàguǒ Cūnmín Wěiyuánhuì Pǔsūlǔ Cūn |script-title=zh:华宁县宁州镇那果村民委员会普苏鲁村 |trans-title=Pusulu Village, Naguo Village Committee, Ningzhou Town, Huaning County |url=http://www.ynszxc.net/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=249253 |access-date=2017-12-30 |website=ynszxc.net |language=zh}}
Vocabulary
The Huaning County Ethnic Gazetteer (1992:72)Huaning County Ethnic Gazetteer Editorial Committee (ed). 1992. Huaning County Ethnic Gazetteer 华宁县民族志. Kunming: Yunnan People’s Press 云南民族出版社. provides a short word list of Adu, Ati, Xiqi, Nong, and Azhe transcribed using Chinese characters, shown below. Pinyin transliterations have also been provided below.
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! English gloss !! Chinese gloss !! Adu (阿笃语) !! Ati (阿梯语) !! Xiqi (西期语) !! Nong (弄语) !! Azhe (阿哲语) | ||||||
| village | 寨子 | {{ruby|且|qie}} | {{ruby|且|qie}} | {{ruby|卡|ka}} | {{ruby|卡|ka}} | {{ruby|卡|ka}} |
| water | 水 | {{ruby|叶|ye}} | {{ruby|叶|ye}} | {{ruby|矣咋|yi zha}} | {{ruby|翁咋|weng zha}} | {{ruby|叶|ye}} |
| girl | 小姑娘 | {{ruby|燃米诺|ran mi nuo}} | {{ruby|尼格莫|ni ge mo}} | {{ruby|阿门儿若|a men er ruo}} | {{ruby|阿门儿少若|a men er shao ruo}} | {{ruby|若麻儿西若|ruo ma er xi ruo}} |
| boy | 小伙子 | {{ruby|茶塞|cha sai}} | {{ruby|差血若|cha(i) xue ruo}} | {{ruby|阿杂若|a za ruo}} | {{ruby|撮沙若|cuo sha ruo}} | {{ruby|若那儿|ruo na er}} |
| corn | 包谷 | {{ruby|矣白儿|yi bai er}} | {{ruby|苏柏儿|su bai er}} | {{ruby|阻目|zu mu}} | {{ruby|苏木白儿|su mu bai er}} | {{ruby|火魔|huo mo}} |
| have | 有 | {{ruby|杂杂|za za}} | {{ruby|杂杂|za za}} | {{ruby|白儿|bai er}} | {{ruby|杂|za}} | {{ruby|祖阿(杂)|zu a (za)}} |
| not | 无 | {{ruby|麻|ma}} | {{ruby|麻|ma}} | {{ruby|麻|ma}} | {{ruby|麻|ma}} | {{ruby|阿米|a mi}} |
References
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{{Lolo-Burmese languages}}