Axi language
Axi (Chinese 阿细 Axi ; Ahi; autonym: ɑ21 ɕi55 pʰo21) is one of the Loloish languages spoken by the Yi people of China. The Axi are one of the main linguistic sub-branches of Yi, and the Axi tiaoyue is a dance of the Axi speaking Yi people accompanied by the sanhu.[3]
| Axi | |
|---|---|
| Axipo | |
| Native to | China |
| Ethnicity | Yi |
Native speakers | 100,000 (2007)[1] |
Sino-Tibetan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | yix |
| Glottolog | axiy1235[2] |
Axi is spoken in Mile, Shilin, Kunming, Luxi, and Huaning countries by about 110,000 speakers.[4]
References
- Axi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Axi Yi". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- 李勇翔 中国少数民族音乐 2006 "彝族三胡彝族三胡是彝族特有的弓弦乐器。云南彝族的两大支系"撒尼"与"阿细"人的民间乐舞"阿细跳月"常用此乐器演奏。"
- Wang Chengyou [王成有]. 2003. Yiyu Fangyan Bijiao Yanjiu [彝语方言比较研究]. Chengdu: Sichuan People's Press [四川民族出版社]. ISBN 7540927658
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