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Axi language

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Native to
  
China

Native speakers
  
100,000 (2007)

Glottolog
  
axiy1235

Ethnicity
  
Yi

ISO 639-3
  
yix

Language family
  
Sino-Tibetan Lolo-Burmese Loloish Southeastern Sani–Azha Axi

Axi (Chinese 阿细 Axi ; Ahi; autonym: ɑ˨˩ɕi˥pʰo˨˩) 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.

References

Axi language Wikipedia