Limi language
{{short description|Language spoken in western Yunnan province, China}}
{{for|the Bantu language also called Limi|Turu language}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Limi
|altname=Liumi
|nativename=
|states=China
|region=Yunnan
|speakers=29,000
|date=2002
|ref=e18
|familycolor=Sino-Tibetan
|fam2=(Tibeto-Burman)
|fam3=Lolo–Burmese
|fam4=Loloish
|fam5=Lisoish
|fam6=
|iso3=ylm
|glotto=limi1243
|glottorefname=Limi
}}
Limi (autonym: {{IPA|li33 mi33}}) is a Loloish language spoken in Yongde, Fengqing, and Yun counties of western Yunnan province, China.
Distribution
Limi is spoken in the following locations.{{Cite web |title=China |url=http://asiaharvest.org/index.php/people-group-profiles/china/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130801062653/http://asiaharvest.org/index.php/people-group-profiles/china/ |archive-date=2013-08-01 |access-date=2013-07-19 |website=Asian Harvest |language=en}}
- 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){{Cite book |last=Yang |first=Cathryn |title=Sociohistorical Linguistics in Southeast Asia: New Horizons for Tibeto-Burman Studies in Honor of David Bradley |date=2017 |publisher=Brill |isbn=978-90-04-35051-9 |editor-last=Ding |editor-first=Picus Sizhi |location=Leiden |pages=75–95 |language=en |chapter=Introducing Limi: A Rising Tone Is Born |editor-last2=Pelkey |editor-first2=Jamin |chapter-url=https://www.academia.edu/34535383 |via=Academia.edu}} 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.
Classification
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.
References
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- {{Cite book|last=Wang|first=Xingzhong 王兴中|title=Líncāng dìlǐ yǔ shuāngyǔ shǐyòng|last2=Zhao|first2=Weihua 赵卫华|date=2013|publisher=Yunnan renmin chubanshe|isbn=978-7-222-08581-7|location=Kunming|language=zh|script-title=zh:临沧地理与双语使用|trans-title=Geography and Multilingualism in Lincang}}
- {{Citation |last=Yang |first=Cathryn |title=Limi Wordlist |url=https://www.academia.edu/22570337 |postscript=. |language=en |via=Academia.edu}}
{{Languages of China}}
{{Sino-Tibetan languages}}
{{Lolo-Burmese languages}}
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