Social:Limi language
| Limi | |
|---|---|
| Liumi | |
| Native to | China |
| Region | Yunnan |
Native speakers | 29,000 (2002)[1] |
Sino-Tibetan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ylm |
| Glottolog | limi1243[2] |
Limi (autonym: li33 mi33)[3] is a Loloish language spoken in Yongde, Fengqing, and Yun counties of western Yunnan province, China.
Distribution
Limi is spoken in the following locations.[4]
- 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 营盘镇, Fengqing County
- Yun County (pop. 1,000)
Yang (2017)[3] reports that Limi is spoken by about 20,000 people in Yongde, Fengqing, and Yun counties. Limi speakers make up 70% of the 26,000 people living in Wumulong Township (乌木龙乡), Yongde County, Yunnan. About 2,600 members of a nearby ethnic group called "Luo" (倮族) (likely Lolopo) also live in and around Wumulong.[3]
Classification
Limi is likely most closely related to Lolopo, but also has many Lalo loanwords.[3]
History
Limi speakers likely migrated from Jingdong County during the early 1300s, first arriving in Bangmai Village (邦卖/班卖), Fengqing County, and then later migrating to Wumulong Township, Yongde County.[3]
References
- ↑ Limi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds (2017). "Limi". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. http://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/limi1243.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Yang, Cathryn (2017). "Introducing Limi: A Rising Tone Is Born". in Ding, Picus Sizhi (in en). Sociohistorical Linguistics in Southeast Asia: New Horizons for Tibeto-Burman Studies in Honor of David Bradley. Leiden: Brill. pp. 75–95. ISBN 978-90-04-35051-9. https://www.academia.edu/34535383.
- ↑ "China" (in en). http://asiaharvest.org/index.php/people-group-profiles/china/.
- Wang, Xingzhong 王兴中; Zhao, Weihua 赵卫华 (2013) (in zh). Líncāng dìlǐ yǔ shuāngyǔ shǐyòng. Kunming: Yunnan renmin chubanshe. ISBN 978-7-222-08581-7.
- Yang, Cathryn (in en), Limi Wordlist, https://www.academia.edu/22570337.
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