Language name and locationː Maonan, Guangxi, China [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区: 毛难, 广西壮族自治区西北部环江县毛难自治县

 

1. tɔ231

21.  ȵi213 zəp23 jit55

2. ja42 

22.  ȵi213 zəp23 ȵi213

3. saːm42

23.  ȵi213 zəp23 saːm42

4. si44

24.  ȵi213 zəp23 si44

5. ŋɔ24

25.  ȵi213 zəp23 ŋɔ24

6. ljɔk23

26.  ȵi213 zəp23 ljɔk23

7. ɕit55

27.  ȵi213 zəp23 ɕit55

8. pjaːt44

28.  ȵi213 zəp23 pjaːt44

9. cu51

29.  ȵi213 zəp23 cu51

10. zəp23

30.  saːm42 zəp23

11. zəpʔ23 jit55

40.  si44 zəp23

12. zəpʔ23 ȵi213

50.  ŋɔ24 zəp23

13. zəpʔ23 saːm42

60.  ljɔk23 zəp23 

14. zəpʔ23 si44

70.  ɕit55 zəp23

15. zəpʔ23 ŋɔ24

80.  pjaːt44 zəp23 

16. zəpʔ23 ljɔk23

90.  cu51 zəp23

17. zəpʔ23 ɕit55

100.  pɛk55 dɛu231

18. zəpʔ23 pjaːt44

200.  ja42 pɛk55

19. zəpʔ23 ku54

1000. tʰjen42 dɛu231 / ɕen42 dɛu231

20. ȵi213 zəp23 

2000. ja42 tʰjen42 / ja42 ɕen42

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Prof. Liang Min, Centre of Minority Languages, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, June 9, 1995.
供资料的语言学家: 梁敏教授 (中国社科院民族研究所), 1995 年 6 月 9 日.

 

Other comments: Maonan has a decimal system. Maonan number 'one' has three forms
(
231, jit55 , dɛu231) and number two has two forms ( ja42, ȵi213 ), they are used in different ways. Maonan is spoken by approximately 30,000 speakers in Huanjiang Maonan autonomous county, Xianan area: Nandan, Yishan, and Yizhou, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region; and a few in Du’an and Hechi counties, Guizhou province, China.


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