萨维纳神父的临高语研究:词汇部分

Father Savina’s Study on Bê:the Lexicon

《萨维纳的临高语词汇》的3000多词条中,绝大多数是源自汉语的借词。其中,临高语词除了原书列出的359条外,还可找出275条,其中小部分是汉源词,也有人认为是汉台同源词。临高语汉借词的层次有早期与晚期之分,声调表现最明显,韵母次之。这些汉借词在原书中都写出了汉语本字,多数写对了,少数写错了。

Among the more than 3000 entries in Le vocabulaire Bêde F.M.Savina,the vast majority are loanwords originated from Chinese.Besides the 359 native Bê(Lingao)words listed in the book,another 275 words can be figured out from the entries,a small number of them derived from Chinese,which also considered by some scholars as Sino-Tai cognates.The strata of Chinese loanwords in Bêlanguage can be divided into early and late stages,first obviously shown in tones,second in finals.Chinese characters are given to all the loanwords in the book,most of them are written correctly and a few are wrong.