Nuobi language

Nuobi
Native to	China
Language family	Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Lolo–Burmese Loloish Hanoish (unclassified) Nuobi
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	None

Nuobi (autonym: Lolbiq;^[1] Chinese: 糯比 Luobi (Lobi)) is a Loloish language of south-central Yunnan, China.

Distribution

Nuobi is spoken in:

• Xinping Yi and Dai Autonomous County (Xinping County Almanac 1993:106, 118)
• Yuanjiang Hani, Yi and Dai Autonomous County (Yuanjiang County Almanac 1993:81)
• Jinping Miao, Yao, and Dai Autonomous County (Jinping County Almanac 1994:113-132)

Dai (2009)^[2] reports that ethnic Hani in Yangjie Township 羊街乡, Yuanjiang County belong to the Nuomei 糯美 and Nuobi 糯比 subgroups, who number 9,000 people and 6,000 people respectively in the township. The Nuomei live mostly in Gedie 戈垤, Dangduo 党舵, and Bamu 坝木 administrative villages, while the Nuobi reside mostly in Langzhi 朗支, Yangjie 羊街, and Diexia 垤霞 townships.

Vocabulary

The following basic vocabulary word list of Nuobi is from the Xinping County Ethnic Gazetteer (1992:209-210).

English gloss	Chinese gloss	Nuobi
One	一	tʰi˧
Two	二	ɲĩ˧˩
Three	三	si˧
Four	四	ji̱˧˩
Sky	天	mu˧˩
Ground	地	mĩ˥
Day	日	mu˥tʂɑ˧
Month	月	ba˧˩lɑ˧˩
Mountain	山	xɑŋ˧tʰɑ˧
Water	水	ɑ˥kʰa
River	河流	lo˨˩ba˨˩ɑ˥kʰa˨˩
Sea	海	ba˧mo̱˧
Fire	火	ɑ˥tso˨˩
Long	长	mɑ̃˧˩
Short	短	mũ˧˩
Red	红	nɨ˥
Black	黑	nɑ˧˩
Come, to	来	ko˧lɑi˧˩
Go, to	去	li˧˩mɛ˧
Say, to	说	je˧˩
Hit, to	打	dze˥
New	新的	xɑŋ˧sə˧˩
True	真的	tseŋ˧sə˧˩
Tell, to	告诉	je˧do̱˧˩
Soul	灵魂	jiɑ˥ɬɑ˥
Radio	收音机	tʂau˧jiŋ˧tsi˧
Electric light	电灯	tian˧˥teŋ˧

References

1. Zhang Peizhi [张佩芝]. 1998. Comparative vocabulary of Ha-Ya dialects [哈尼语哈雅方言土语词汇对照]. Kunming: Yunnan People's Press [云南民族出版社].
2. Dai Qingxia [戴庆厦]. 2009. Language status and change in Yangjie Township, Yuanjiang County [元江县羊街乡语言使用现状及其演变]. Beijing: Commercial Press [商务印书馆]. ISBN 9787100066037

• Xinping County Ethnic Gazetteer [新平彝族傣族自治县民族志] (1992). Kunming: Yunnan People's Press [云南民族出版社].