Micha language

Micha
Michie
Central Yi
Native to China
Region Yunnan
Ethnicity >1,000 (1999)[1] to 50,000 Yi (2007)[2]
Native speakers
30,000 (2007)[2]
(assuming an ethnic population of 50,000)
Language codes
ISO 639-3 yiq
Glottolog miqi1235[3]

Micha, or Miqie (密察), is a Loloish language of Yunnan. Usage is declining.

Classification

Micha (mi˥tɕʰi˨˩ or mi˥tɕʰe˨˩) is most closely related to Lipo, Lolopo, and Lisu (Gao 2014).

Distribution

Micha is spoken by about 9,000 in north-central Yunnan, in Wuding County, Luquan County, and Fumin County (Gao 2014).

According to the Nanjian County Gazetteer (1993), Micha (密岔) is also spoken in Nanjian County, around Aliwu 阿里勿[4] and Santaishan 三台山,[5] southeast of Dali.

References

  1. 1 2 Micha at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Miqie". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  3. http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=261829
  4. http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=48070


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