Axi | |
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Axipo | |
Native to | China |
Ethnicity | Yi |
Native speakers | 100,000 (2007) [1] |
Sino-Tibetan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
yix |
Glottolog |
axiy1235 |
Axi ( Chinese: 阿细 Axi; Ahi; autonym: ɑ21 ɕi55 pʰo21) 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. [2]
Axi is spoken in Mile, Shilin, Kunming, Luxi, and Huaning counties by about 110,000 speakers. [3]
Wu (2014) divides Axi into three dialects and also provides word lists for each of the three dialects. [4]
Labial | Alveolar |
Alveolo- palatal |
Retroflex | Velar | ||||
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plain | sibilant | plain | sibilant | |||||
Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||
Plosive/ Affricate |
voiceless | p | t | t͡s | t͡ɕ | ʈ | t͡ʂ | k |
aspirated | pʰ | tʰ | t͡sʰ | t͡ɕʰ | ʈʰ | t͡ʂʰ | kʰ | |
voiced | b | d | d͡z | d͡ʑ | ɖ | d͡ʐ | ɡ | |
Continuant | voiceless | f | ɬ | s | ɕ | ʂ | x | |
voiced | v | l | z | ʑ | ʐ | ɣ |
Front | Central | Back | ||
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unrd. | rnd. | |||
Close | i, ḭ | ɯ, ɯ̰ | u, ṵ | |
Mid | e, ḛ | o, o̰ | ||
Open-mid | ɛ, ɛ̰ | |||
Open | a, a̰ | |||
Syllabic consonant | ɹ̪̩, ɹ̪̰̩ |