Mili language

{{Short description|Loloish language spoken in China}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Mili

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|nativename=

|states=China

|region=Yunnan

|speakers=23,000

|date=2002

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Sino-Tibetan

|fam2=(Tibeto-Burman)

|fam3=Lolo–Burmese

|fam4=Loloish

|fam5=Lisoish

|fam6=Lolopo

|iso3=ymh

|glotto=mili1235

|glottorefname=Mili

}}

Mili is a Loloish language spoken in Jingdong County (in Anding 安定乡 and Wenlong 文龙乡 townships{{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=Asia Harvest}}), Yun, Zhenyuan, and Xinping counties of Yunnan province, China. Mili is a variety of Lolopo.Yang, Cathryn. 2011. Assessment of the Lolo languages: Current understanding and recommended next steps. m.s.

Vocabulary

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

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! English gloss

! Chinese gloss

! Mili 咪俚语

Onetɕʰo²¹
Twoȵi³³
Threeso³³
Fourli³³
Fiveŋo²¹
Sixtɕʰo²¹
Sevenxə²¹
Eightxẽ²¹
Ninekɯ³³
Tentʰi³³
Sun太阳ʔɑ⁵⁵mu³³tɕʰu³³
Moon月亮xo³³bo³⁵
Skyɤ̃³³tso³³
Groundmi²¹li³³
Mountainʂe²¹
Waterɤ⁵⁵tsʰou²¹
Fireʔɑ⁵⁵to⁵⁵
Fielddau⁵⁵mi⁵⁵
Valleytsʰɤ⁵⁵ʂa²¹
Cowy⁵⁵ŋĩ²¹
Sheepʔɑ⁵⁵tsʰi²¹
Horseme²¹
Pigve²¹
Chickenʑi³³
Dogɑ⁵⁵nu⁵⁵
Eat吃饭tso⁵⁵dzo²¹
Sleep睡觉ʑi²¹do³³
Man (male)男人tsʰo⁵⁵po³³
Woman女人tsʰo⁵⁵mo³³
House房屋jɛ⁵⁵xɛ⁵⁵
Clothes衣服kɑ²¹tɕʰi⁵⁵
Rednɤ̃⁵⁵
Blacknɑ³³
Street街子ʑi³³kɑ²¹

References

{{Reflist}}

  • Xinping County Ethnic Gazetteer [新平彝族傣族自治县民族志] (1992). Kunming: Yunnan People's Press [云南民族出版社].

{{Languages of China}}

{{Sino-Tibetan languages}}

{{Lolo-Burmese languages}}

Category:Loloish languages

Category:Languages of Yunnan

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