Mpi Native to Thailand , perhaps China Ethnicity 1,500 (2007)[1] Native speakers
900 (2007)[1] Language family
ISO 639-3 mpz
Glottolog mpii1239
ELP Mpi
Mpi is a Loloish language of Thailand . The number of speakers is in decline. It is spoken in the following two villages in northern Thailand .
Ban Dong, Tambon Suan Khuean สวนเขื่อน, Mueang Phrae District , Phrae Province (autonym: m̩˧pi˥˧ in Ban Dong)
Ban Sakoeng, Tambon Yot ยอด, Song Khwae District , Nan Province (autonym: kɔ˥˧ Ban Sakoeng)
Since the Mpi of Thailand migrated from Mengla , Xishuangbanna , Yunnan, China over 300 years ago, there could also possibly be Mpi speakers in China (Nahhas 2007).
Phonology [ ]
Mpi has six tones and two phonations in its vowels , modal voice and stiff voice :
Tone
Modal voice
Stiff voice
Low
sì 'blood'
sì̬ 'seven'
Low rising
si᷅ 'putrid'
si̬᷅ 'dried up'
Mid
sī (a color)
sī̬ (a classifier )
Mid rising
sǐ 'to roll'
sǐ̬ 'to smoke'
High
sí 'four'
sí̬ (a name)
High rising
si᷄ 'to die'
si̬᷄ (a name)
References [ ]
^ a b Mpi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Further reading [ ]
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