Long or Nong (Chinese: 弄; also called Longmu 龙亩) is an unclassified Loloish language of Huaning County, Yunnan, China. It is also called Luowu 罗婺.[1]
| Long | |
|---|---|
| Nong | |
| Native to | China |
| Ethnicity | Yi |
Sino-Tibetan
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
Classification
Pelkey (2011:431)[2] suggests that the Xiqi, Ati, and Long languages of Huaning County may be Southeastern Loloish languages. Hsiu (2018) suggests a Northern Loloish affiliation.[3]
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,[4] Longmu 龙亩,[5] Kazhai 卡寨,[6] Sheyingzhai 舍阴寨,[7] Shemuduo 舍亩多,[8] Suojugou 所居沟,[9] Pusulu 普苏鲁.[10]
Vocabulary
The Huaning County Ethnic Gazetteer (1992:72)[11] 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.
| 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 | 且 | 且 | 卡 | 卡 | 卡 |
| water | 水 | 叶 | 叶 | 矣咋 | 翁咋 | 叶 |
| girl | 小姑娘 | 燃米诺 | 尼格莫 | 阿门儿若 | 阿门儿少若 | 若麻儿西若 |
| boy | 小伙子 | 茶塞 | 差血若 | 阿杂若 | 撮沙若 | 若那儿 |
| corn | 包谷 | 矣白儿 | 苏柏儿 | 阻目 | 苏木白儿 | 火魔 |
| have | 有 | 杂杂 | 杂杂 | 白儿 | 杂 | 祖阿(杂) |
| not | 无 | 麻 | 麻 | 麻 | 麻 | 阿米 |