Language name and locationː Southern Kam, Guizhou, China [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区: 南部侗, 贵州东南部玉屏侗族自治县, 广西北部, 湖南 西部

 

1. ʔi55,  ʔət55 (first)

21.  ȵi33 ɕəp21 ʔət55

2. ja212, ȵi33 (second)

22.  ȵi33 ɕəp21 ȵi33

3. sam35

23.  ȵi33 ɕəp21 sam35

4. si453

24.  ȵi33 ɕəp21 si453

5. ŋo31

25.  ȵi33 ɕəp21 ŋo31

6. ljok21

26.  ȵi33 ɕəp21 ljok21

7. sət35

27.  ȵi33 ɕəp21 sət35

8. pet323

28.  ȵi33 ɕəp21 pet323

9. ȶu323

29.  ȵi33 ɕəp21 ȶu323

10. ɕəp21

30.  sam35 ɕəp21

11. ɕəp21 ʔət55

40.  si5 ɕəp21

12. ɕəp21 ȵi33

50.  ŋo4 ɕəp21

13. ɕəp21 sam35

60.  ljok8 ɕəp21

14. ɕəp21 si453

70.  sət7 ɕəp21

15. ɕəp21 ŋo31

80.  pet7 ɕəp21

16. ɕəp21 ljok21

90.  ȶu3 ɕəp21

17. ɕəp21 sət35

100.  ʔi55 pek323

18. ɕəp21 pet323

200.  ja212 pek323

19. ɕəp21 ȶu323

1000. ʔi55 sin35

20. ȵi33 ɕəp21 

2000. ja212 sin35

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Prollo Ho, SIL-East Asia, September 1, 2010.
供资料的语言学家: Mr. Prollo Ho, SIL-East Asia, 2010 年 9 月 1 日.

 

Other comments: Southern Kam or Southern Dong has borrowed numerals from Chinese with phonological adaptation now. Southern Dong is spoken by 1,000,000 speakers in

Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Yuping autonomous county, Guizhou province, China.

Consonants:

    In regard to consonants, we have just noted that < b, d. ɠ were used for unaspirated
stops and as in Chinese Standard Romanization Hanyu Pinyin <p, t, k > represent the
aspirated forms. And in a manner like Hanyu Pinyin, <j, q, ny, x, y, ng, bi, mi, li, gu,
ku, ngu> correspond respectively to /
ȶ, ȶh, ȵ, ɕ, j, ŋ, pj, mj, lj, kw, khw, ŋw/.
More recently, speakers at the non
standard locations with retained uvular stops have
taken to writing <kg> for q- qh-/, although the official orthography is based on a king
of Kam that dose not possess uvulars.

Below is the consonant writing system and its phonetic value.

 

 

Bilabial

Alveolar

Palatal

Velar

Uvular

Stops

ph<p> p<b>

th<t>

t<d>

 

kh<k>

k<g>

(qh<kg>

(q)<kg>

Affricates

 

 

ȶ<j>

ȶh<q>

 

 

Fricatives

f<f>

s<s>

 ɕ<x>

 

 

Affricates

   

  tʃ

   

Nasals

m<m>

 n<n>

ȵ<ny>

 ŋ<ng>

 

Laterals

 

 

l<l>

 

 

Approximants

 

 

 

 j<y>

 

 

Stops with Secondary articulationː

    Palatalizationː   phj <pi>, pj<bi>, mj<mi>; thj<ti>, lj<li>

     Labializationː     khw <ku >, kw<gu >, ŋw<ngu>

Vowelsː

      Only the vowel /a/ and only in CVC/CVVC syllables contrasts for
vowel length. To indicate the long vowel <a> is used and for the short
vowel <ae>, which is usually realized as [ɐ], is used. Thus, for example,
[kɐm1] 'Kam' is written Gaeml, where the -l represents the first tone.
Other examples areː
nyac 'you sg.' [
ȵa2]; leec 'language' [le2]; and bas 'paternal aunt' [pa3].
Below is the vowel writing

system and its phonetic valueː

aa <a>, ɐ<ae>, ə<e>, e<ee>, i<i>, o<o>, u <u>

Southern Kam has nine tones:

Tone 1: tone value 55 or 35; tone 2: tone value 11 / 212; tone 3: tone value
24 / 323, or 13; tone 4; tone value 31; value 5: value 53 or 453; tone 6;
tone value 33; tone 7: tone value 55 or 35; tone 8: tone value 21; tone nine:
tone value 24 / 323 or 13. 
 


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