Azhe language

Azhe (Chinese: 阿哲; Azhepo; autonym: [a21 dʐɛ22 pʰo21]) is one of the Loloish languages spoken by the Yi people of China.[2][3]

Azhe
Pronunciation[a˨˩dʐɛ˨pʰo˨˩]
Native toChina
EthnicityYi
Native speakers
ca. 54,000 (2007)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3yiz
Glottologazhe1235

Dialects

Wang Chengyou (王成有) (2003:210)[4] lists 3 dialects of Azhe, which are all mutually intelligible.

Azhe is spoken in Mile, Huaning, Kaiyuan, and Jianshui counties, with about 100,000 speakers.

References

  1. Azhe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. 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 (Huáng Jiànmíng 1993), i.e. the Nuosu, Nasu, Nisu, Sani and Azhe varieties."
  3. 黄建明 Huáng Jiànmíng 彝族古籍文献概要 1993 Yizu guji wenxian gaiyao [Outline of classical literature of Yi nationality]. By Huang Jianming. Yunnan minzu chubanshe, 1993.
  4. Wang Chengyou [王成有]. 2003. Yiyu Fangyan Bijiao Yanjiu [彝语方言比较研究]. Chengdu: Sichuan People's Press [四川民族出版社]. ISBN 7540927658
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