Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jiamao

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: Jia-mao
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A town in Baoting, Hainan, China.

name

A Tai-Kadai language or possible language isolate spoken in southern Hainan, China.

Example Sentences

"This variety, sometimes know as [tha:i¹¹], is spoken by about 70,000-80,000 people who live mainly in the Jiamao township, Baoting County, and in adjacent areas of Lingshui and Qiongzhong counties."
"In 2017, I visited a survivor, Chen Liancun, at Baoting County of Hainan Island.[...]At sixteen, she was abducted by Japanese soldiers and detained at the Jiamao military stronghold."
"Language: The Jiamao language differs most from the other Li varieties and shares only about 40% of its lexicon with the other Li languages."
"Pray that the scriptures will be translated into the Jiamao language."
"Lauhut and Tongzha also cover fairly large areas, and Jiamao, while generally spoken in the southeastern end of the island, has pockets of speakers further north."

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 加茂 (Jiāmào).

Word Breakdown

Root: -, 加茂

Questions

What does jiamao mean?: A town in Baoting, Hainan, China.
Where does jiamao come from?: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 加茂 (Jiāmào).

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