三省坡草苗的语言及其与侗语的关系

Language Spoken by the Caomiao Group in Sanshengpo and Its Relation to Kam.

本文把草苗话与侗语的声调、词汇进行比较,发现在所比较的800多个词中,两种语言相同的词高达百分之九十,不相同的词大都属于侗语北部方言,是北侗词汇的底层。草苗话实为侗语。

Through a comparison of the tones and lexical items in both Caomiaohua and Kam, it is discovered that among the 800-odd words compared, ninety percent of the lexical items are identical in the two languages, while the remaining words, which are different, come from a lexical substratum left over by the Northern dialect of Kam. The language spoke by the Caomiao group is actually a variety of Kam.