Xiqi | |
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Native to | China |
Ethnicity | Yi |
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ISO 639-3 | – |
Xiqi (Chinese: 西期; autonym: ɕi33 tɕhi33 pho21)[1] is an unclassified Loloish language of Huaning County, Yunnan, China. It is also called Siqipo 斯期颇 (sɿ55 tɕhi55 pho21) in Mile County.[2]
Pelkey (2011:431)[3] suggests that the Xiqi, Ati, and Long languages of Huaning County may be Southeastern Loloish languages. Hsiu (2018) suggests a Northern Loloish affiliation.[4]
The Huaning County Gazetteer 华宁县志 (1994:514) lists the following locations of Xiqi.
The Huaning County Ethnic Gazetteer (1992:72)[14] provides a short word list of Adu, Ati, Xiqi, Nong, and Azhe transcribed using Chinese characters, shown below. Pinyin transliterations have also been provided below.
English gloss | Chinese gloss | Adu (阿笃语) | Ati (阿梯语) | Xiqi (西期语) | Nong (弄语) | Azhe (阿哲语) |
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village | 寨子 | 且 | 且 | 卡 | 卡 | 卡 |
water | 水 | 叶 | 叶 | 矣咋 | 翁咋 | 叶 |
girl | 小姑娘 | 燃米诺 | 尼格莫 | 阿门儿若 | 阿门儿少若 | 若麻儿西若 |
boy | 小伙子 | 茶塞 | 差血若 | 阿杂若 | 撮沙若 | 若那儿 |
corn | 包谷 | 矣白儿 | 苏柏儿 | 阻目 | 苏木白儿 | 火魔 |
have | 有 | 杂杂 | 杂杂 | 白儿 | 杂 | 祖阿(杂) |
not | 无 | 麻 | 麻 | 麻 | 麻 | 阿米 |
Sino-Tibetan branches
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Western Himalayas (Himachal, Uttarakhand, Nepal, Sikkim) |
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Eastern Himalayas (Tibet, Bhutan, Arunachal) |
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Myanmar and Indo-Burmese border |
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East and Southeast Asia |
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Dubious (possible isolates) (Arunachal) |
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Proposed groupings |
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Proto-languages |
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Mondzish |
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Loloish (Yi) (Ngwi) |
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Burmish |
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Pai-lang |
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