Loloish language spoken in China
Axi Native to China Ethnicity Yi Native speakers
100,000 (2007)[1] Language family
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]
References [ ]
^ Axi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ 李勇翔 中国少数民族音乐 2006 "彝族三胡彝族三胡是彝族特有的弓弦乐器。云南彝族的两大支系"撒尼"与"阿细"人的民间乐舞"阿细跳月"常用此乐器演奏。"
^ Wang Chengyou [王成有]. 2003. Yiyu Fangyan Bijiao Yanjiu [彝语方言比较研究]. Chengdu: Sichuan People's Press [四川民族出版社]. ISBN 7540927658
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