Limi language
For the Bantu language also called Limi, see Turu language.
Limi | |
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Liumi | |
Native to | China |
Region | Yunnan |
Native speakers | 29,000 (2002)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
ylm |
Glottolog |
limi1243 [2] |
Limi is a Loloish language spoken in Yongde, Fengqing, and Yun counties of western Yunnan province, China.
Distribution
Limi is spoken in the following locations.[3]
- Yongde County (Wumulong 乌木龙彝族乡 and Yalian 亚练乡 Townships)
- Southern Guodazhai Township 郭大寨彝族白族乡, Fengqing County (pop. 4,000)
- Southeastern Yingpan Township 营盘村, Fengqing County
- Yun County (pop. 1,000)
References
- ↑ Limi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Limi". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ http://asiaharvest.org/index.php/people-group-profiles/china/
- Wang Xingzhong [王兴中] & Zhao Weihua [赵卫华]. 2013. Geography and multilingualism in Lincang [临沧地理与双语使用]. Kunming: Yunnan People's Press [云南人民出版社]. ISBN 978-7-222-08581-7
- Yang, Cathryn. n.d. Limi wordlist.
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