Appendix:Hunan Kam-Sui languages comparative vocabulary list

The following is a comparative vocabulary list of Kam-Sui languages spoken in Hunan, China. Although the vast majority of Kam-Sui languages are spoken in southeastern Guizhou Province and northern Guangxi Province, lesser-known Kam-Sui language varieties are also spoken in Hunan.

There are about 1,500 people in Suining County, Hunan, that are classified as ethnic Yao by the Chinese government. In Suining County, ethnic Yao live in Lianmin 联民乡, Shuikou 水口乡, and Jinwutang 金屋塘乡 townships. The dialect of Xiaohuang, Tianluoxuan Village, Lianmin Township (联民乡田螺旋村小黄组) is included in the Suining County Almanac (1997). Ethnic Dong also reside in Suining County.

Sources and locations

 * Yao (Naxi) is spoken in Naxi Ethnic Yao Township 那溪瑶族乡, Dongkou County 洞口县, Hunan Province, China. Source: Long Mingyao [龙明耀] (1984). "The Naxi Yao language and its relationship to Dong" [那溪瑶语与侗语的关系]. In Guizhou Minzu Yanjiu [贵州民族研究] 1984, no. 3, p. 243-253.
 * Yao (Lianmin) is spoken in Xiaohuang 小黄组, Tianluoxuan Village 田螺旋村, Lianmin Ethnic Miao and Yao Township 联民苗族瑶族乡, Suining County 绥宁县, Hunan Province, China. Source: Suining County Gazetteer [绥宁县志] (1997). A word list is also available at http://language.psy.auckland.ac.nz/austronesian/language.php?id=974
 * Dong (Duolong) is spoken in Duolong Village 多龙村, Suining County 绥宁县, Hunan Province, China. Source: Suining County Gazetteer [绥宁县志] (1997).
 * Cao Miao (Tanghua) is spoken in Tanghua 堂华, Tongdao County 通道县, Hunan Province, China. Source: Shi Lin [石林] (2012). The Cao Miao language of three provinces and its relationship to Dong [三省坡草苗的语言及其与侗语的关系]. In Minzu Yuwen [民族语文] 2012, no. 4. Beijing: China Social Sciences Academy [中国社会科学院].

Words in parentheses are those with tone categories, rather than Chao tone values, which are given as superscripts here.