Nuobi language
# Nuobi language

Nuobi (autonym: Lolbiq; lu21 pi33 or lo˥bi˨˩ in Jinping County meaning 'downriver'; Chinese: 糯比 Luobi (Lobi)) is a Loloish language of south-central Yunnan, China.

## Distribution

Nuobi is spoken in:

* Xinping Yi and Dai Autonomous County
* Yuanjiang Hani, Yi and Dai Autonomous County
* Jinping Miao, Yao, and Dai Autonomous County

Dai (2009) reports that ethnic Hani in Yangjie Township (羊街乡), Yuanjiang County belong to the Nuomei (糯美) and Nuobi (糯比) subgroups, who number 9,000 people and 6,000 people respectively in the township. The Nuomei live mostly in Gedie (戈垤), Dangduo (党舵) (which also has Kucong speakers), and Bamu (坝木) administrative villages, while the Nuobi reside mostly in Langzhi (朗支) (which also has Yi speakers in Zhongliangzi 中梁子), Yangjie (羊街), and Diexia (垤霞) (including Yidie, 依垤) villages.

## Vocabulary

The following basic vocabulary word list of Nuobi is from the Xinping County Ethnic Gazetteer (1992:209–210).

| English gloss | Chinese gloss | Nuobi |
| - | - | - |
| One | 一 | tʰi³³ |
| Two | 二 | ȵĩ³¹ |
| Three | 三 | si³³ |
| Four | 四 | ji̱³¹ |
| Sky | 天 | mu³¹ |
| Ground | 地 | mĩ⁵⁵ |
| Day | 日 | mu⁵⁵tʂɑ³³ |
| Month | 月 | bᴀ³¹lɑ³¹ |
| Mountain | 山 | xɑŋ³³tʰɑ³³ |
| Water | 水 | ɑ⁵⁵kʰᴀ |
| River | 河流 | lo²¹bᴀ²¹ɑ⁵⁵kʰᴀ²¹ |
| Sea | 海 | bᴀ³³mo̱³³ |
| Fire | 火 | ɑ⁵⁵tso²¹ |
| Long | 长 | mɑ̃³¹ |
| Short | 短 | mũ³¹ |
| Red | 红 | nɨ⁵⁵ |
| Black | 黑 | nɑ³¹ |
| Come, to | 来 | ko³³lɑi³¹ |
| Go, to | 去 | li³¹mɛ³³ |
| Say, to | 说 | je³¹ |
| Hit, to | 打 | dze⁵⁵ |
| New | 新的 | xɑŋ³³sə³¹ |
| True | 真的 | tseŋ³³sə³¹ |
| Tell, to | 告诉 | je³³do̱³¹ |
| Soul | 灵魂 | jiɑ⁵⁵ɬɑ⁵⁵ |
| Radio | 收音机 | tʂau³³jiŋ³³tsi³³ |
| Electric light | 电灯 | tian³⁵teŋ³³ |
