Axi language
Axi | |
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Axipo | |
Native to | China |
Ethnicity | Yi |
Native speakers | 100,000 (2007)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | yix |
Glottolog | axiy1235 |
Axi (Chinese: 阿细 Axi; Ahi; autonym: ɑ21 ɕi55 pʰo21) is one of the Loloish languages spoken by the Yi people of China. The Axi are one of the main linguistic sub-branches of Yi, and the Axi tiaoyue is a dance of the Axi speaking Yi people accompanied by the sanhu.[2]
Axi is spoken in Mile, Shilin, Kunming, Luxi, and Huaning counties by about 110,000 speakers.[3]
Dialects
Wu (2014) divides Axi into three dialects and also provides word lists for each of the three dialects.[4]
- The Western dialect 西阿土语 (approximately 75,000 speakers) is spoken in Mile (in Xishan 西山, Dongshan 东山, Midong 弥东, Jiangbian 江边, Buqi 补七); Qiubei (some areas), Lunan, Luxi, Huaning counties, etc.
- The Yanshan dialect 砚阿土语 (approximately 72,000 speakers) is spoken in Yanshan, Qiubei (some areas), Wenshan counties, etc.
- The Kunming dialect 昆阿土语 (approximately 23,000 speakers) is spoken in Kunming (Xishan, in Shuangshao 双哨; Anning); Luquan, Wuding counties, etc.
Phonology
Labial | Alveolar | Alveolo- palatal |
Retroflex | Velar | ||||
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plain | sibilant | plain | sibilant | |||||
Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||
Plosive/ Affricate |
voiceless | p | t | t͡s | t͡ɕ | ʈ | t͡ʂ | k |
aspirated | pʰ | tʰ | t͡sʰ | t͡ɕʰ | ʈʰ | t͡ʂʰ | kʰ | |
voiced | b | d | d͡z | d͡ʑ | ɖ | d͡ʐ | ɡ | |
Continuant | voiceless | f | ɬ | s | ɕ | ʂ | x | |
voiced | v | l | z | ʑ | ʐ | ɣ |
Front | Central | Back | ||
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unrd. | rnd. | |||
Close | i, ḭ | ɯ, ɯ̰ | u, ṵ | |
Mid | e, ḛ | o, o̰ | ||
Open-mid | ɛ, ɛ̰ | |||
Open | a, a̰ | |||
Syllabic consonant | ɹ̪̩, ɹ̪̰̩ |
See also
- Axi word list (Wiktionary)
References
- ^ Axi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ 李勇翔 中国少数民族音乐 2006 "彝族三胡彝族三胡是彝族特有的弓弦乐器。云南彝族的两大支系"撒尼"与"阿细"人的民间乐舞"阿细跳月"常用此乐器演奏。"
- ^ Wang Chengyou [王成有]. 2003. Yiyu Fangyan Bijiao Yanjiu [彝语方言比较研究]. Chengdu: Sichuan People's Press [四川民族出版社]. ISBN 7540927658
- ^ Wu, Zili 武自立 (2014). Axi Yiyu gaiyao 阿细彝语概要. Kunming: Yunnan People's Publishing House 云南人民出版社. OCLC 1027705935.
- ^ a b https://stedt.berkeley.edu/pubs_and_prods/STEDT_Monograph3_Phonological-Inv-TB.pdf Phonological inventories of Tibeto-Burman languages. Ju, Namkung, 1996, ISBN 0-944613-28-4, Page 6.