Mpi language
Mpi is a Loloish language of Thailand. The number of speakers is in decline. It is spoken in the following two villages in northern Thailand.
- Ban Dong, Tambon Suan Khuean สวนเขื่อน, Mueang Phrae District, Phrae Province (autonym: m̩˧pi˥˧ in Ban Dong)
- Ban Sakoeng, Tambon Yot ยอด, Song Khwae District, Nan Province (autonym: kɔ˥˧ Ban Sakoeng)
| Mpi | |
|---|---|
| Kaw | |
| Native to | Thailand, perhaps China |
| Ethnicity | 1,500 (2007)[1] |
Native speakers | 900 (2007)[1] |
Sino-Tibetan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mpz |
| Glottolog | mpii1239[2] |
Since the Mpi of Thailand migrated from Mengla, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China over 300 years ago, there could also possibly be Mpi speakers in China (Nahhas 2007).
Phonology
Mpi has six tones and two phonations in its vowels, modal voice and stiff voice:
| Tone | Modal voice | Stiff voice |
|---|---|---|
| Low | sì 'blood' | sì̬ 'seven' |
| Low rising | si᷅ 'putrid' | si̬᷅ 'dried up' |
| Mid | sī (a color) | sī̬ (a classifier) |
| Mid rising | sǐ 'to roll' | sǐ̬ 'to smoke' |
| High | sí 'four' | sí̬ (a name) |
| High rising | si᷄ 'to die' | si̬᷄ (a name) |
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References
- Mpi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Mpi". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
Further reading
- Ladefoged, Peter; Maddieson, Ian (1996). The Sounds of the World's Languages. Oxford: Blackwell. ISBN 978-0-631-19815-4.
- Nahhas, Ramzi W. 2007. Sociolinguistic Survey of Mpi in Thailand. SIL International.
- Sittichai, Sah-iam (1984). Phrases and clauses in the Mpi language at Ban Dong, Phrae Province. Bangkok: Mahidol University MA thesis.
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