Aiton

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Language: Aiton
Alternate names:: Aitonia
SIL-code: Ethnologue:aio
Language family: Tai-Kadai, Kam-Tai, Tai, Southwestern
Number of speakers: 1,500
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Introduction
- Dialects
The Aiton Verb
- Sample Verbs

Introduction

Aiton is a language of India. It is spoken in Assam, Jorhat and Karbi Anglong districts, Doboroni, Banlung, Ahomoni, Balipathar, Kaliyani, Chakihula, Tengani, and Barhula villages. .

Dialects

Similar to Phake (See: Phake). Related to Shan [phkshn] of Myanmar.

The Aiton Verb

Sample Verbs

to bite	ka:p3, kat1
to blow	pau1
to breathe	ha:2
to burn	mai3
to buy	sɯ3
to chew	ʒam3
to choose	ca:u2, lɯk3
to climb	khɯn3
to come	ma:2
to cook	huŋ1, tum3
to count	a:n1
to cry	hai3
to cut, hack	tɛp1
to die, be dead	khɔi3, ta:i2
to dig	khut1, kun1, phak3
to eat	dʒin2, kin2
to fall	tuk1
to fear	ku:2, lap1, ŋɛu1
to flow	lai1
to fly	bin2, min2, pɛu2
to grow	puk1
to hear	ñin2, ŋin2
to hide	la:p3
to hit	thuk1, tuk4
to hold	kɔp3, tɯ2, um3
to hunt	muk3 sɯ2, tau1
to kill	kha:3
to know, be knowledgeable	ca:ŋ2
to laugh	khu:1
to lie down	tɯn2 lɯn2
to live, be alive	u:1
to open, uncover	a:3, put1
to plant	ñip1, puk1
to pound, beat	tam2
to say	wa:2
to scratch	tɯn1, wak3
to see	du:2, han1, nu:2
to sew	ʒap3
to shoot	ʒɯ2
to sit	naŋ2
to sleep	nɔn2
to sniff, smell	dum2, num2
to spit	tau3
to split	pha:1
to squeeze	mɛp1
to stab, pierce	sap1, tɛŋ2
to stand	can2/3, cuk1, luk3
to steal	lak3
to swell	kaɯ2
to swim	lɔi2
to think	ŋap5
to throw	thim3, wɛŋ1, wit3
to tie up, fasten	hat3, phuk1
to turn	kha:i1, wa:i1, win1
to walk	pai2, pha:i3
to vomit	ha:k3
to yawn	ha:u1 ha:i2

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