Qidi language
{{Short description|Language}}
{{Infobox language
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|altname=Qiedi
|states=China
|region=Yunnan
|ethnicity=Hani
|speakers=?
|date=
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|familycolor=Sino-Tibetan
|fam2=(Tibeto-Burman)
|fam3=Lolo–Burmese
|fam4=Loloish
|fam5=Southern
|fam6=Hani
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Qidi ({{zh|期弟}}; also called Qiedi 切弟) is a Southern Loloish language of Yunnan, China. Qidi is spoken in Jiangcheng Hani and Yi Autonomous County, Mojiang Hani Autonomous County, and Lüchun County.
In Mojiang County, Qiedi is spoken by a total of 1,497 people in Baliu Township 坝溜乡 (Yang & Zhang 2010:9).
Vocabulary
Hu & Dai (1964:80)Hu Dan [胡坦] & Dai Qingxia [戴庆厦]. 1964. [http://www.nssd.org/articles/article_detail.aspx?id=662404517 Haniyu yuanyin de songjin 哈尼语元音的松紧]. In Zhongguo Yuwen 《中国语文》 1964:1, pp.76-89. cite the following forms for Qidi (七第). Gloss translations are from Wheatley (1982:13).Wheatley, Julian K. 1982. "Comments On the 'Hani' Dialects of Loloish." In Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area, 7, no. 1: 1-38.
- {{IPA|tsa³¹}} 'eat' (吃)
- {{IPA|ti³¹}} 'hit, beat' (打)
- {{IPA|dɯ̠³³}} 'foam, soak' (泡沫)
- {{IPA|de̠³³}} 'live, exist' (活)
References
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- Yang Hong [杨洪], Zhang Hong [张红]. 2010. Demographics and current situations of Hani subgroups in Mojiang County [墨江哈尼族自治县哈尼支系与人口现状调查研究]. Journal of Honghe University [红河学院学报]. Vol. 8, No. 3. Jun. 2010. {{doi|10.13963/j.cnki.hhuxb.2010.03.028}}
- You Weiqiong [尤伟琼]. 2013. Classifying ethnic groups of Yunnan [云南民族识别研究]. Beijing: Nationalities Press [民族出版社].
{{Languages of China}}
{{Sino-Tibetan languages}}
{{Lolo-Burmese languages}}
Category:Southern Loloish languages
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