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Nuobi
Luobi
Native toChina
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottologluob1237

Nuobi (autonym: Lolbiq;[1] lu21 pi33[2] or lo˥bi˨˩ in Jinping County meaning 'downriver';[3] Chinese: 糯比 Luobi (Lobi)) is a Loloish language of south-central Yunnan, China.

Distribution

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Nuobi is spoken in:

Dai (2009)[7] 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),[8] Dangduo (党舵)[9] (which also has Kucong speakers), and Bamu (坝木)[10] administrative villages, while the Nuobi reside mostly in Langzhi (朗支)[11] (which also has Yi speakers in Zhongliangzi 中梁子 [12]), Yangjie (羊街),[13] and Diexia (垤霞)[14] (including Yidie, 依垤[15][16]) villages.

Vocabulary

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

English gloss Chinese gloss Nuobi
One tʰi³³
Two ȵĩ³¹
Three si³³
Four ji̱³¹
Sky mu³¹
Ground mĩ⁵⁵
Day mu⁵⁵tʂɑ³³
Month bᴀ³¹lɑ³¹
Mountain xɑŋ³³tʰɑ³³
Water ɑ⁵⁵kʰᴀ
River 河流 lo²¹bᴀ²¹ɑ⁵⁵kʰᴀ²¹
Sea bᴀ³³mo̱³³
Fire ɑ⁵⁵tso²¹
Long mɑ̃³¹
Short mũ³¹
Red nɨ⁵⁵
Black nɑ³¹
Come, to ko³³lɑi³¹
Go, to li³¹mɛ³³
Say, to je³¹
Hit, to dze⁵⁵
New 新的 xɑŋ³³sə³¹
True 真的 tseŋ³³sə³¹
Tell, to 告诉 je³³do̱³¹
Soul 灵魂 jiɑ⁵⁵ɬɑ⁵⁵
Radio 收音机 tʂau³³jiŋ³³tsi³³
Electric light 电灯 tian³⁵teŋ³³

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