Mili language
| Mili | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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)
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Mili". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ 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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