Appendix:Xong comparative vocabulary list

In this appendix, the comparative vocabulary list for 6 Xong dialects (Chinese: 苗语东部方言 "Eastern Miao") is from Yang Zaibiao (2004). There are over 2,000 vocabulary items for 6 datapoints in Yang (2004).

Datapoints and classification

Yang (2004) divides each of these dialects into three subdialects, as listed below. Speaker populations and locations are from Li and Li (2012).

• Western (includes standardized Xong)
  • Lect 1 (autonym: qo³⁵ɕoŋ³⁵): Jiwei 吉卫, Huayuan County; 769,000 speakers in the counties of Fenghuang (except Baren 叭仁乡), most of Huayuan, southern Jishou, Xinhuang, Mayang, Songtao, parts of Rongjiang, parts of Ziyun, Xiushan, parts of Nandan, parts of Hechi, and parts of Du'an.
  • Lect 2 (autonym: qo⁵⁴ɕoŋ⁵⁴): Yangmeng 阳孟, Jishou; 120,000 speakers in the counties of eastern Huayuan, western and northern Jishou, eastern Baojing, southwestern Guzhang, Fenghuang (in Baren 叭仁乡), and Xuan'en.
  • Lect 3 (autonym: o⁵⁵ɕaŋ⁵⁵): Zhongxin 中心, Baojing County; 30,000 speakers in southeastern Baojing County.
• Eastern
  • Lect 4 (autonym: te⁵³suɑŋ⁵³): Xiaozhang 小章, Luxi County; 6,000 speakers in and around Xiaozhang, Luxi County
  • Lect 5 (autonym: ɡɔ³⁵sɤ⁵³): Danqing 丹青, Jishou; 48,000 speakers in the counties of northwestern Luxi, eastern Jishou, and southeastern Guzhang.
  • Lect 6 (autonym: bja²²sã⁴⁴nɤ⁴⁴): Dengshang 蹬上, Longshan County; 300 speakers in southern Longshan County and Yongshun County (in Shouche 首车乡).

List

Note: Row breaks in the original source can be used to either separate alternative lexical forms (demarcated in this appendix using semicolons) or may simply be a continuation of the same lexical form in the row above. It is not always clear whether a row break is in fact used to separate lexical forms, and the semicolons inserted in this appendix are only educated guesses; the original source does not use any semicolons. Readers are recommended to consult the original source (Yang 2004) and to cross-check with other lexical resources.