Mili language

Mili
Native to China
Region Yunnan
Native speakers
 23,000 (2002)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 ymh
Glottolog mili1235[2]

Mili is a Loloish language spoken in Jingdong County (in Anding 安定乡 and Wenlong 文龙乡 townships[3]), Yun, Zhenyuan, and Xinping counties of Yunnan province, China. Mili is a variety of Lolopo.[4]

Vocabulary

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

English gloss Chinese gloss Mili 咪俚语
One一tɕʰo²¹
Two二ȵi³³
Three三so³³
Four四li³³
Five五ŋo²¹
Six六tɕʰo²¹
Seven七xə²¹
Eight八xẽ²¹
Nine九kɯ³³
Ten十tʰi³³
Sun太阳ʔɑ⁵⁵mu³³tɕʰu³³
Moon月亮xo³³bo³⁵
Sky天ɤ̃³³tso³³
Ground地mi²¹li³³
Mountain山ʂe²¹
Water水ɤ⁵⁵tsʰou²¹
Fire火ʔɑ⁵⁵to⁵⁵
Field田dau⁵⁵mi⁵⁵
Valley谷tsʰɤ⁵⁵ʂa²¹
Cow牛y⁵⁵ŋĩ²¹
Sheep羊ʔɑ⁵⁵tsʰi²¹
Horse马me²¹
Pig猪ve²¹
Chicken鸡ʑi³³
Dog狗ɑ⁵⁵nu⁵⁵
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
Red红nɤ̃⁵⁵
Black黑nɑ³³
Street街子ʑi³³kɑ²¹

References

  1. ↑ Mili at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Mili". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-08-01. Retrieved 2013-07-19.
  4. ↑ Yang, Cathryn. 2011. Assessment of the Lolo languages: Current understanding and recommended next steps. m.s.
  • 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].


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