Mili language

Mili
Native to China
Region Yunnan
Native speakers
23,000 (2002)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 ymh
Glottolog mili1235[2]

Mili is a Loloish language spoken in Jingdong County (in Anding 安定乡 and Wenlong 文龙乡 townships[3]), Yun, Zhenyuan, and Xinping counties of Yunnan province, China.

Vocabulary

The following basic vocabulary word list of Mili is from the Xinping County Ethnic Gazetteer (1992:79-80).

English gloss Chinese gloss Mili 咪俚语
Onetɕʰo˨˩
Twonʲi˧
Threeso˧
Fourli˧
Fiveŋo˨˩
Sixtɕʰo˨˩
Sevenxə˨˩
Eightxẽ˨˩
Ninekɯ˧
Tentʰi˧
Sun太阳ʔɑ˥mu˧tɕʰu˧
Moon月亮xo˧bo˧˥
Skyɤ̃˧tso˧
Groundmi˨˩li˧
Mountainʂe˨˩
Waterɤ˥tsʰou˨˩
Fireʔɑ˥to˥
Fielddau˥mi˥
Valleytsʰɤ˥ʂa˨˩
Cowy˥ŋĩ˨˩
Sheepʔɑ˥tsʰi˨˩
Horseme˨˩
Pigve˨˩
Chickenʑi˧
Dogɑ˥nu˥
Eat吃饭tso˥dzo˨˩
Sleep睡觉ʑi˨˩do˧
Man (male)男人tsʰo˥po˧
Woman女人tsʰo˥mo˧
House房屋jɛ˥xɛ˥
Clothes衣服kɑ˨˩tɕʰi˥
Rednɤ̃˥
Blacknɑ˧
Street街子ʑi˧kɑ˨˩

References

  1. Mili at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Mili". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  3. http://asiaharvest.org/index.php/people-group-profiles/china/



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