Badong Yao language (Chinese:八垌瑶语) is an unclassified
Sinitic
The Sinitic languages (漢語族/汉语族), often synonymous with "Chinese languages", are a group of East Asian analytic languages that constitute the major branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family. It is frequently proposed that there is ...
language spoken by the
Yao people
The Yao people (its majority branch is also known as Mien; ; vi, người Dao) is a government classification for various minorities in China and Vietnam. They are one of the 55 officially recognised ethnic minorities in China and reside in t ...
in
Xinning County, Hunan
Xinning County () is a county in the Province of Hunan, China, it is under the administration of Shaoyang City. Located on the south western margin of Hunan, the county is bordered to the northeast by Shaoyang County, to the northwest by Wugan ...
province, China. Badong Yao 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. It is also spoken in Malin Ethnic Yao Township 麻林瑶族乡, located just to the east of Huangjin Township.
Vocabulary
The following word list of Badong Yao is from Li (2011:332-334).
[Li Zirong 志荣(ed). 2011. Hunan Yaozu 南瑶族 Beijing: Ethnic Publishing House 族出版社 ]
References
{{Hmong-Mien languages
Varieties of Chinese
Sino-Tibetan languages
Yao people