毛南语(英汉版)

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	The Maonan language is a Kam-Sui language spoken mainly in Huanjiang Maonan Autonomous County, Hechi, northern Guangxi by the Maonan people. 毛南语属侗水语支, 主要为广西北部河池市环江毛南族自治县的毛南族所使用。 Contents 内容 [hide 隐藏] 1 Demographics  使用人口统计 2 Phonology  语音体系 3 Syntax  句法 4 References 参考资料 5 See also  请参阅 [edit 编辑] Demographics使用人口统计 Approximately half of all Maonan people are capable of speaking Maonan.（所有毛南人当中，大约一半人能说毛南语。） In addition to this, many Maonan also speak Chinese or Zhuang. （除了能说毛南语，许多毛南人也能说汉语或壮语。） About 1/3 of all people who self-identify as Maonan are concentrated in the southern Guizhou province. （在自己确认为毛南族的所有人当中，大约三分之一的人聚居在贵州省的南部。）They speak a mutually unintelligible dialect commonly called Yanghuang, which is more common known as the Then language in Western literature. （他们说一种相互间难以交流的方言，通称为佯僙[扬黄]话，即西方文献里较为大家所熟知的“Then Language”。） The Maonan do not have a writing system. （毛南语没有文字书写系统。） [edit 编辑] Phonology（语音体系） Maonan is a tonal language with 8 tones (Lu 2008:90–91), featuring an SVO clause construction (Lu 2008:169). （毛南语是有8个调的声调语言[陆天桥《毛南语语法》2008:90–91]，具有S[主语]V[动词]O[宾语]句子结构的特征[陆天桥《毛南语语法》2008:169]。）For example, man (he/she) shoot (drink) ka:u (wine) "He/She drinks wine", man (he/she) ba:i (go) hə (market) "He/She goes to the market", etc.（例句如，man [他/她] shoot [喝)]ka:u [酒] “他/她喝酒”； man [他/她] ba:i [去] hə (市场) “他/她赶圩”， 等等。 [edit编辑] Syntax（句法） Maonan displays a head-first modification structure, i.e. the modifier occurring after the modifier (Lu 2008:170). （毛南语有着中心词在前的修饰结构，即修饰成分出现在中心词的后面。[陆天桥《毛南语语法》2008:170]。）For example, ka:u (wine) hulia:ng (broomcorn) "broomcorn wine", mu (pig) la:u (big) "big pig", nok (bird) vin (fly) "flying bird", among others. （比如，ka:u [酒] hulia:ng [高粱]“高粱酒”； mu [猪] la:u [大] “大猪”；nok [鸟] vin [飞]，“飞鸟”, 等等。） Occasionally, a head-final modification structure is also possible with the involvement of a possessive particle (P.P.) di, e.g. ya:n (house/family) nda:u (we/our) di (P.P.) bo (buffalo) "Our family's buffalo" (cf. the more common bo ya:n nda:u) (ibid. pp173–174).（有时，在所有格词“di”介入的情况下，中心词在后的修饰结构也会出现，举例来说，ya:n [房子/家庭] nda:u [我们/我们的] di (P.P.) bo [牛]，“我们家的牛” ，[比较常见的 bo ya:n nda:u][出处同上，pp173–174]。） [edit编辑] References （参考资料） 1.   ^ Lu, Tian Qiao (2008). A Grammar of Maonan. Boca Raton, Florida: Universal Publishers. ISBN 9781599429717.  1．陆天桥（2008）。《毛南语语法》。伯克莱屯，佛罗里达：宇宙出版社。ISBN 9781599429717。   英文原文出处： http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maonan_language. Retrieved on 2011-2-9. 大卫语言工作室 黄达武助理研究员 提供汉译稿。英文原稿中对所涉人、物的个人观点，不代表大卫语言工作室的观点。

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	（例句如，man [他/她] shoot [喝)]ka:u [酒] “他/她喝酒”； man [他/她] ba:i [去] h? (市场) “他/她赶圩”， 等等。 太象壮语了，认为应归入壮泰语支而不是侗水语支。