Limi language

Limi
	Liumi
Native to	China
Region	Yunnan
Native speakers	29,000 (2002)[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Lolo–Burmese Loloish Lisoish Limi; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ylm
Glottolog	limi1243[2]

Limi (autonym: li˧mi˧)[3] is a Loloish language spoken in Yongde, Fengqing, and Yun counties of western Yunnan province, China.

Distribution

Limi is spoken in the following locations.[4]

Yongde County (Wumulong 乌木龙彝族乡 and Yalian 亚练乡 Townships)
Southern Guodazhai Township 郭大寨彝族白族乡, Fengqing County (pop. 4,000)
Southeastern Yingpan Township 营盘镇, Fengqing County
Yun County (pop. 1,000)

Yang (2017)[3] reports that Limi is spoken by about 20,000 people in Yongde, Fengqing, and Yun counties. Limi speakers make up 70% of the 26,000 people living in Wumulong Township (乌木龙乡), Yongde County, Yunnan. About 2,600 members of a nearby ethnic group called "Luo" (倮族) (likely Lolopo) also live in and around Wumulong.[3]

Classification

Limi is likely most closely related to Lolopo, but also has many Lalo loanwords.[3]

History

Limi speakers likely migrated from Jingdong County during the early 1300s, first arriving in Bangmai Village (邦卖/班卖), Fengqing County, and then later migrating to Wumulong Township, Yongde County.[3]

References

Limi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Limi". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
Yang, Cathryn. 2017. "Introducing Limi: a rising tone is born". In Sociohistorical Linguistics in Southeast Asia: New Horizons for Tibeto-Burman Studies in honor of David Bradley. Brill.
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Wang Xingzhong [王兴中] & Zhao Weihua [赵卫华]. 2013. Geography and multilingualism in Lincang [临沧地理与双语使用]. Kunming: Yunnan People's Press [云南人民出版社]. ISBN 978-7-222-08581-7
Yang, Cathryn. n.d. Limi wordlist.

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[e18-1] Limi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

[Glottolog-2] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Limi". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

[Yang2017-3] Yang, Cathryn. 2017. "Introducing Limi: a rising tone is born". In Sociohistorical Linguistics in Southeast Asia: New Horizons for Tibeto-Burman Studies in honor of David Bradley. Brill.

[AsiaHarvest-4] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-08-01. Retrieved 2013-07-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)