Survey of the Guizhou Bouyei Language by Prof. Wu Wenyi (Guizhou Province Nationalities Research Institute) and Wil C. Snyder (Summer Institute of Linguistics) and Liang Yongshu (Guizhou Province Nationalities Research Institute) Senior Editors: Zhang Heping (Guizhou Province Nationalities Affairs Commission) and Dr. Stuart Milliken Consultant: Dr. Peggy Milliken SIL Language and Culture Documentation and Description 2007-001 ©2007 SIL International, Wu Wenyi, Wil C. Snyder, and Liang Yongshu ISSN: 1939-0785 Fair Use Policy Documents published in the Language and Culture Documentation and Description series are intended for scholarly research and educational use. You may make copies of these publications for research or instructional purposes (under fair use guidelines) free of charge and without further permission. Republication or commercial use of Language and Culture Documentation and Description or the documents contained therein is expressly prohibited without the written consent of the copyright holder(s). Series Editor Mary Ruth Wise Managing Editor Mae Zook Compositor Mae Zook Contents Preface .......................................................................................................................................................x Abbreviations and conventions............................................................................................................... xiii Names and abbreviations of data points ..................................................................................................xiv The Bouyei...............................................................................................................................................xvi 1. Phonology and word list .........................................................................................................................1 1.1. Introduction......................................................................................................................................1 1.2. Word list ..........................................................................................................................................2 2. Phonology of data points ......................................................................................................................18 2.1. Anlong Pingle ................................................................................................................................18 2.1.1. Phone and phoneme inventory..............................................................................................18 2.1.2. Notes.....................................................................................................................................19 2.1.3. Minimal pairs........................................................................................................................20 2.1.4. Allophonic rules....................................................................................................................21 2.1.5. Transcription of Anlong Pingle word list .............................................................................21 2.2. Anshun Huangla ............................................................................................................................39 2.2.1. Phone and phoneme inventory..............................................................................................39 2.2.2. Notes.....................................................................................................................................39 2.2.3. Minimal pairs........................................................................................................................41 2.2.4. Transcription of Anshun Huangla word list..........................................................................42 2.3. Ceheng Hualong ............................................................................................................................59 2.3.1. Phone and phoneme inventory..............................................................................................59 2.3.2. Notes.....................................................................................................................................60 2.3.3. Minimal pairs........................................................................................................................61 2.3.4. Allophonic rules....................................................................................................................62 2.3.5. Transcription of Ceheng Hualong word list..........................................................................62 2.4. Changshun Guyang........................................................................................................................80 2.4.1. Phone and phoneme inventory..............................................................................................80 2.4.2. Notes.....................................................................................................................................80 2.4.3. Minimal pairs........................................................................................................................82 2.4.4. Allophonic rules....................................................................................................................82 2.4.5. Transcription of Changshun Guyang word list.....................................................................82 iii iv Contents 2.5. Dushan Nanzhai...........................................................................................................................100 2.5.1. Phone and phoneme inventory............................................................................................100 2.5.2. Notes...................................................................................................................................100 2.5.3. Minimal pairs......................................................................................................................102 2.5.4. Allophonic rules..................................................................................................................102 2.5.5. Transcription of Dushan Nanzhai word list ........................................................................102 2.6. Dushan Shuiyan ...........................................................................................................................120 2.6.1. Phone and phoneme inventory............................................................................................120 2.6.2. Notes...................................................................................................................................121 2.6.3. Minimal pairs......................................................................................................................122 2.6.4. Allophonic rules..................................................................................................................122 2.6.5. Transcription of Dushan Shuiyan word list ........................................................................123 2.7. Duyun Fuxi ..................................................................................................................................140 2.7.1. Phone and phoneme inventory............................................................................................140 2.7.2. Notes...................................................................................................................................141 2.7.3. Minimal pairs......................................................................................................................142 2.7.4. Allophonic rules..................................................................................................................142 2.7.5. Transcription of Duyun Fuxi word list ...............................................................................143 2.8. Guiding Gonggu ..........................................................................................................................160 2.8.1. Phone and phoneme inventory............................................................................................160 2.8.2. Notes...................................................................................................................................161 2.8.3. Minimal pairs......................................................................................................................162 2.8.4. Allophonic rules..................................................................................................................163 2.8.5. Transcription of Guiding Gonggu word list........................................................................163 2.9. Huishui Danggu ...........................................................................................................................180 2.9.1. Phone and phoneme inventory............................................................................................180 2.9.2. Notes...................................................................................................................................181 2.9.3. Minimal pairs......................................................................................................................182 2.9.4. Allophonic rules..................................................................................................................182 2.9.5. Transcription