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Yiche language

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Native to
  
China

Ethnicity
  
Hani

ISO 639-3
  
None (mis)

Region
  
Honghe County

Native speakers
  
23,000 (2009)

Language family
  
Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Lolo–Burmese Loloish Hanoish Hani Yiche

Yiche (Yicyu (IPA: ji tsʰju); Chinese: 奕车) is a Hanoish language spoken by 23,000 people in Honghe County, Yunnan, China (Lan 2009:11).

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Distribution

Yiche is spoken in the following locations of Honghe County, Yunnan, China (Lan 2009:11).

  • Dayangjie Township 大羊街乡
  • Langdu Village 浪堵村, Langdi Township 浪堤乡
  • Hadie Village 哈垤村, Chegu Township 车古乡

    • The Yiche claim that their ancestors had migrated from a village along the shores of Dian Lake near Kunming, and moved south and crossed the Red River (Honghe) after being defeated by other ethnic groups (Lan 2009:3).

    Classification

    Yiche is a Hani language (fangyan 方言) that belongs to the Langza 浪杂 dialect cluster (tuyu 土语) of Honghe County.

    Vocabulary

    The following Yiche words are transcribed by Lan (2009) in pinyin. (Note: ss is equivalent to IPA [z].)

    References

    Yiche language Wikipedia
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