Dong dialect () is an unclassified Sinitic language spoken by the Yao people in Xinning County, Hunan province, China. Dong dialect is currently endangered, and is spoken in the villages of Huangyandong 黄岩峒, Malindong 麻林峒, and Dazhendong 大圳峒 in Huangjin Ethnic Yao Township 黄金瑶族乡, Xinning County.Lei Biying; Zheng Linguang [雷碧英; 郑林光; 新宁县民族宗教事务局; 新宁县黄金瑶族乡中心学校]. 2012. Badong Yao language [八峒瑶语]. Xinning: Xinning County Ethnic and Religious Affairs Bureau [新宁县民族宗教事务局]. It is also spoken in Malin Ethnic Yao Township 麻林瑶族乡, located just to the east of Huangjin Township.
It is documented in detail as Malinhua 麻林话 by Hu (2018).
Vocabulary The following word list of Dong dialect is from Li (2011:332–334).Li Zirong [李志荣] (ed). 2011. Hunan Yaozu [湖南瑶族]. Beijing: Ethnic Publishing House [民族出版社].
Standard Chinese gloss English gloss Dong gloss 硬 hard, stiff ŋai¹¹ 牛 cattle ŋau¹³ 你 you (singular) ŋ̍³³ 一 one i⁵⁵ 二 two liə¹¹ 三 three sa³⁵ 四 four ɕi⁵⁵ 五 five ɤŋ³³ 六 six lei³³ 七 seven tɕʰi⁵⁵ 八 eight pia³³ 九 nine tɕy³³ 十 ten dzi¹¹ 百 hundred pa³³ 千 thousand tsʰai³⁵ 万 million uai¹¹ 亿 hundred million i³⁵ 斤 jin (Chinese measurement) tɕin³⁵ 两 double lio³³ 个 classifier (general) kəu³³ 只 classifier (animals, pieces) tɕa³³ 蔸 root and stem of certain plants tau³⁵ 条 classifier (thin, long objects) dy¹³ 根 root ɣai¹³ 丈 husband dio³³ 尺 chi (Chinese measurement) tsʰa³³ 里 li (Chinese measurement) li³³ 天 sky tʰiə³⁵ 地 ground ti¹¹ 人 person, human being ɤŋ¹³ 云 cloud ɣoŋ³³ 雨 rain u³³ 霜 frost ɕio³⁵ 东 east toŋ³⁵ 南 south la³³ 西 west ɕi³⁵ 北 north pai³³ 春 spring tɕʰoŋ³⁵ 夏 summer xa¹¹ 秋 autumn tsʰei³⁵ 冬 winter toŋ³⁵ 鸡 chicken tɕi³⁵ 狗 dog kau³³ 跳 to jump tʰei³³ 打 to hit dei³³ 抬 to lift diəa³³ 爬 to climb la³³ 快 fast kʰəa³³ 慢 slow mai¹¹ 好 good xəu³³ 坏 bad ya¹¹ 黑 black xai³³ 白 white ba¹¹ 起床 to get up from bed di³³tɕʰi¹¹ 洗脸 to wash face ɕiə³³miə¹³ 梳头 to comb hair ɕy³⁵dau³³ 炒菜 to stir-fry vegetables tsʰəu³³tɕʰəa⁵⁵³ 吃亮堂饭（早饭） to eat breakfast y¹¹do¹³lo³⁵pai¹¹ 喂猪 to feed pig ui⁵⁵tei³⁵ 看牛 to tend cattle lei⁵⁵ŋao³³ 弄柴 to prepare firewood ləu³⁵dʑəa³³ 烧火 to burn fire ɕy³⁵fəu³³ 吃半日饭（中午饭） to eat lunch y¹¹po⁵⁵ɣoŋ³³pai¹¹ 挑水 to carry water ta³⁵ɕui³³ 洗衣 to wash clothes ɕiə³³i³⁵ 缝衣 to sew clothes lai³³i³⁵ 洗澡 to take a bath ba¹³duo¹³ 吃夜头饭 to eat dinner yi¹¹ia¹¹dau³³pai¹¹ 穿衣 to wear clothes təu³³i³⁵ 穿裤 to wear pants bəu¹³fu⁵⁵ 穿鞋 to wear shoes da¹¹iəa¹³ 戴帽子 to wear hat tia⁵⁵mo³³tə¹⁰ 睡觉 to sleep miə³³ŋo¹³tɕo¹⁰ 自己 self (reflexive) tɕiə¹¹ka³⁵ 我们 we (exclusive) a³³li³⁵ 他们 they tʰaŋ³⁵li¹⁰ 大家 everyone tɕin¹¹ɕi⁵⁵ 老女（妻子） old woman (wife) ləu³³ny³⁵ 主家人（丈夫） head of household (husband) tɕəu³³ka³⁵ɤŋ¹³
Further reading Hú, Píng [胡萍] (2024). Húnán Xīnníng Yáozú Dònghuà [湖南新宁瑶族峒话]. Beijing: Commercial Press [商务印书馆].
References