Limi language
For the Bantu language also called Limi, see Turu language.
| Limi | |
|---|---|
| Liumi | |
| Native to | China |
| Region | Yunnan |
Native speakers | 29,000 (2002)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
ylm |
| Glottolog |
limi1243[2] |
Limi is a Loloish language spoken in Yongde, Fengqing, and Yun counties of western Yunnan province, China.
Distribution
Limi is spoken in the following locations.[3]
- Yongde County (Wumulong 乌木龙彝族乡 and Yalian 亚练乡 Townships)
- Southern Guodazhai Township 郭大寨彝族白族乡, Fengqing County (pop. 4,000)
- Southeastern Yingpan Township 营盘村, Fengqing County
- Yun County (pop. 1,000)
References
- ↑ Limi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Limi". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ http://asiaharvest.org/index.php/people-group-profiles/china/
- Wang Xingzhong [王兴中] & Zhao Weihua [赵卫华]. 2013. Geography and multilingualism in Lincang [临沧地理与双语使用]. Kunming: Yunnan People's Press [云南人民出版社]. ISBN 978-7-222-08581-7
- Yang, Cathryn. n.d. Limi wordlist.
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