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).
- Wuding County: Shedianxiaocun, Yongtaoxiacun, Yongtaozhongcun, Yangliuhe, Maichacun, Wodudacun, Woduxincun, Shuiduifang, Shanjudacun, Shanjuxiacun, Yangjiacun, Luomian, Xiagubai, Yanziwo, Shudecun, Dacun, Xincun, Baisha, Dashiban, Puxi Xincun, Yangliuhe, Nanshancun, Maidishan, Daxinzhuang, Yangjiucun, Nuomizha, Bizu
- Luquan County: Shanglaowu, Xiashihuiyao, Qinglongqing, Bailike, Yantang, Pingtian, Damituo, Xicun
- Fumin County: Madishangcun, Madixiacun, Madishaocun
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 2 Micha at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Miqie". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=261829
- ↑ http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=48070
- Gao, Katie Butler. 2014. “Phonological Sketch and Classification of Micha: A Central Ngwi language of Yunnan.” Presented at the 47th International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics. Oct 2014. Yunnan Normal University. Kunming, China.
- Gao, Katie B. 2015. Assessing the Linguistic Vitality of Miqie: An Endangered Ngwi (Loloish) Language of Yunnan, China. Language Documentation & Conservation 9. 164-191.
- Nanjian County Gazetteer Commission [南涧县志编纂委员会编] (ed). 1993. Nanjian County Gazetteer [南涧彝族自治县志]. Chengdu: Sichuan Reference Press [四川辞书出版社].
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