Azhe language
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Loloish language of China
| Azhe | |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | [adzepho] |
| Native to | China |
| Ethnicity | Yi |
Native speakers | ca. 54,000 (2007)[1] |
Sino-Tibetan
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | yiz |
| Glottolog | azhe1235 |
Azhe (Chinese: A Zhe ; Azhepo; autonym: [a21 dze22 pho21]) is one of the Loloish languages spoken by the Yi people of China.[2][3]
Dialects
[edit]Wang Chengyou (Wang Cheng You ) (2003:210)[4] lists 3 dialects of Azhe, which are all mutually intelligible.
- Wushan Wu Shan Tu Yu (in Mile County Mi Le Xian )
- Xunjian Xun Jian , Mile County Mi Le Xian
- Hongxi Hong Xi , Mile County Mi Le Xian
- Panxi Pan Xi , Huaning County Hua Zhu Xian
- Jiangbian Jiang Bian Tu Yu (in Mile County Mi Le Xian )
- Qujiang Qu Jiang Tu Yu (in Jianshui County Jian Shui Xian )
Azhe is spoken in Mile, Huaning, Kaiyuan, and Jianshui counties, with about 100,000 speakers.
References
[edit]- ^ Azhe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Halina Wasilewska in ed. Nathan Hill Medieval Tibeto-Burman Languages IV 2012 Page 449 "... the writing as the basis and which corresponds to the classification of the Yi languages, present day traditional Yi writing can be sub-divided into five main varieties (Huang Jianming 1993), i.e. the Nuosu, Nasu, Nisu, Sani and Azhe varieties."
- ^ Huang Jian Ming Huang Jianming Yi Zu Gu Ji Wen Xian Gai Yao 1993 Yizu guji wenxian gaiyao [Outline of classical literature of Yi nationality]. By Huang Jianming. Yunnan minzu chubanshe, 1993.
- ^ Wang Chengyou [Wang Cheng You ]. 2003. Yiyu Fangyan Bijiao Yanjiu [Yi Yu Fang Yan Bi Jiao Yan Jiu ]. Chengdu: Sichuan People's Press [Si Chuan Min Zu Chu Ban She ]. ISBN 7540927658
