Nuobi (autonym: Lolbiq; or 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 CountyXinping County Gazetteer 1993:106, 118 Yuanjiang Hani, Yi and Dai Autonomous CountyYuanjiang County Gazetteer 1993:81 Jinping Miao, Yao, and Dai Autonomous CountyJinping County Gazetteer 1994:113–132
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Dai 2009:113) 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
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References
Xinping County Ethnic Gazetteer [新平彝族傣族自治县民族志] (1992). Kunming: Yunnan People's Press [云南民族出版社]. Wang Liujin 王六金; Li Zhengyou 李正有. 2011. 国际哈尼/阿卡区域文化调查: 中国金平县哈尼田哈尼族罗比·罗们人文化实录. Kunming: Yunnan People's Press 云南人民出版社. (Luobi 罗比 and Luomei 罗们 people of Hanitian 哈尼田, Jinhe Town 金河镇, Jinping County)