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Jingpo

Spoken in: Myanmar, Yunnan (China), India (known as ‘Singhpo’), Thailand

Official language in: Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan (PRC), probably in Kachin State in Myanmar

Speakers: c. 900,000; c. 500,000-800,000 in Myanmar , c. 100,000 in China

Scripts: Latin alphabet

Kachin (Myanmar)

Aalu ai jahpawt – Good morning!

Aalu ai shanyi – Good afternoon!

Aalu ai shana – Good evening!

Hkam kaja ai i? – How are you?

Chyeju kaba sai – Thank you

Chyeju kaba sai yaw – Thank you

Hkam kaja nga ai i? – How are you?

kaja ai – good

nang kaw taw? – and you?

ma nang wa – my friend

Pronounciation:

(not in IPA, to ensure that it can be displayed on all kind of mobile devices)

Aalu ai jahpawt /A:lu ai djä’pɔ:/ - dj a bit like French

Aalu ai shanyi /A:lu ai shä:-ni/

Aalu ai shana /A:lu ai shä’na:/

Hkam kaja ai i /Kăm kätja: a i i:/ - kaja is a bit like Chinese ‘kejia’

Chyeju kaba sai /djexü kapa: sai/ - x like Chinese Pinyin, ai like German

Chyeju kaba sai yaw /djexü kapa: sai yɔ/

Kaja ai /kat-sha ai/

nang kaw taw ? /nang gɔ dɔ/

Ngwi pyaw ai shanyi rai u ga – Have a nice day

ngwi pyaw – happy

shanyi – day

Na a mying kara hku nga a ta? – What’s your name?

Ngai na mying...re – My name is ...

Nang gara buga na rai? – Where are you from?

Ngai gaw ... re. – I am from ....

Jinghpaw mung na re – Kachin State

Sam mung na re – Shan State

Conversation:

Phyu Phyu: Aaalu ai shanyi.

Ko Ko: Aalu ai shanyi.

Phy Phyu: Hkam kaja nga ai i?

Ko Ko: Kaja ai, nang kaw taw?

Phyu Phyu: kaja ai, chejyu kaba sai, ma nang wa.

Ko Ko: Mai sa. Na a mying kara hku nga a ta?

Phy Phyu: Ngai na mying Phyu Phyu re. Nang gara buga na rai?

Ko Ko: Jinghpaw mung na re. Nang gara buga na rai?

Phyu Phyu: Sam mung na re.

Ko Ko: Ngwi pyaw ai shanyi rai u ga.

Jinghpaw buga – Kachin State

e law – yes

hpang de she bai hkrum ga – See you later!

hkam – health

Kkrum zup lu ai majaw kabu ai yaw – Nice to meet you!

Asak gade ning rai sai rai? – How old are you?

lanai- 1

lahkawng - 2

masum - 3

mali - 4

manga - 5

karu - 6

sanit - 7

masat - 8

jahku - 9

shi - 10

shi langai - 11

shi lahkawn - 12

hkun - 20

hkun langai - 21

hkun lahkawn - 22

sum shi - 30

sum shi langai - 31

sum shi lahkawng – 32

Jingpo, Yunnan (China)

wa – boy

jan – girl

la – man

num – woman

gasha ni – children

ma – kid

jongma ni – students

ntai – this

ngai – I

nang – you

hkyi – he, she, it

yanhte – we

nanhte – you (pl.)

hkanhte – they

bra – to break up

sa poi – table