Mili language
Mili | |
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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.
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 |
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One | 一 | tɕʰo˨˩ |
Two | 二 | nʲi˧ |
Three | 三 | so˧ |
Four | 四 | li˧ |
Five | 五 | ŋo˨˩ |
Six | 六 | tɕʰo˨˩ |
Seven | 七 | xə˨˩ |
Eight | 八 | xẽ˨˩ |
Nine | 九 | kɯ˧ |
Ten | 十 | tʰi˧ |
Sun | 太阳 | ʔɑ˥mu˧tɕʰu˧ |
Moon | 月亮 | xo˧bo˧˥ |
Sky | 天 | ɤ̃˧tso˧ |
Ground | 地 | mi˨˩li˧ |
Mountain | 山 | ʂe˨˩ |
Water | 水 | ɤ˥tsʰou˨˩ |
Fire | 火 | ʔɑ˥to˥ |
Field | 田 | dau˥mi˥ |
Valley | 谷 | tsʰɤ˥ʂa˨˩ |
Cow | 牛 | y˥ŋĩ˨˩ |
Sheep | 羊 | ʔɑ˥tsʰi˨˩ |
Horse | 马 | me˨˩ |
Pig | 猪 | ve˨˩ |
Chicken | 鸡 | ʑi˧ |
Dog | 狗 | ɑ˥nu˥ |
Eat | 吃饭 | tso˥dzo˨˩ |
Sleep | 睡觉 | ʑi˨˩do˧ |
Man (male) | 男人 | tsʰo˥po˧ |
Woman | 女人 | tsʰo˥mo˧ |
House | 房屋 | jɛ˥xɛ˥ |
Clothes | 衣服 | kɑ˨˩tɕʰi˥ |
Red | 红 | nɤ̃˥ |
Black | 黑 | nɑ˧ |
Street | 街子 | ʑi˧kɑ˨˩ |
References
- ↑ Mili at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Mili". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ http://asiaharvest.org/index.php/people-group-profiles/china/
- 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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