Lingling (Chinese: Linghua 伶话 Línghuà or Lingling hua; Lingling: liŋ55va33) is an unclassified mixed Chinese dialect. It is spoken by 20,000 ethnic Miao in Longsheng County, Guangxi. It is only spoken within the community; with outsiders, Southwestern Mandarin is spoken.
He (2009) covers the Linghua dialect of Taiping (太平村), Pingdeng Township (平等乡), Longsheng County, Guangxi.
A description of the Taipingtang 太平塘村 dialect of Linghua can be found in Wang (2014).[1]
This section lists sample vocabulary in Linghua from Wang (2014). Translated English glosses have also been provided.[1]
Pronouns
sg.
pl.
1st person
ŋa³³
ŋai³³
2nd person
ŋ̩³³
ŋ̩³³liɛ⁵⁵
3rd person
tʰa⁵⁵, i⁵⁵
i⁵⁵liɛ⁵⁵
Numerals
Numeral
Linghua
1
i²²
2
ni⁴⁴
3
ɬa⁵⁵
4
ɬi⁴⁴
5
ŋ̩³³
6
liu²²
7
tɬʰi²²
8
pia²²
9
tɕiu³³
10
dl̩²²
Nature
Chinese gloss
English gloss
Linghua
天
sky
tʰiɛ⁵⁵
太阳
sun
ni²²dau²²/⁵⁵
月亮
moon
wei²²liɔ⁴⁴
星星
star
ɬiɛ⁵⁵liɛ³³
云
cloud
uŋ²²wu⁴⁴
雨
rain
u³³
风
wind
puŋ⁵⁵
山
mountain
ɬai⁵⁵
田
field
diɛ²²
Body parts
Chinese gloss
English gloss
Linghua
头
head
dau²²
头发
hair (of head)
dau²²pei²²/⁵⁵
脸
face
miɛ⁴⁴
耳朵
ear
niɛ³³tɔ³³
眼睛
eye
ŋai³³tɬiɛ⁵⁵
鼻子
nose
bi²²haŋ³³
嘴
mouth
hau³³
舌头
tongue
iɛ²²liɛ³³
牙齿
tooth
ŋa²²tɬʰl̩³³
脖子
neck
tɕiɛ³³kuai³³
肩
shoulder
kai⁵⁵dau²²
脊背
back
pei⁴⁴
手
hand
ɕiu³³
脚
leg, foot
tɕiɔ²²
心
heart
ɬiŋ⁵⁵
肉
meat, flesh
nai⁴⁴
皮
skin
bi²²
骨头
bone
gy³³
左
left (side)
tɬɔ³³
右
right (side)
iu⁴⁴
References
^ abcWang, Fushi 王辅世 (2014). "Guangxi Longsheng Linghua jilüe 广西龙胜伶话记略". Wang Fushi yuyan yanjiu wenji 王辅世语言研究文集. Beijing: Social Sciences Academic Press (China). ISBN978-7-5097-5966-0. (Originally published in Fangyan 方言 1979(2):137-141; 1979(3):231-240)
He Danpeng [何丹鵬]. 2009. 廣西龍勝伶話語音的歷史層次研究 [Study of the Longsheng (Guangxi) Linghua phonology and its historical strata]. Ph.D. dissertation. City University of Hong Kong.
Ming studies, 34–35:55, University of Minnesota, 1990
