Khabi, also rendered Kabie (from ), is a
Southern Loloish language
The Loloish languages, also known as Yi in China and occasionally Ngwi or Nisoic, are a family of fifty to a hundred Sino-Tibetan languages spoken primarily in the Yunnan province of China. They are most closely related to Burmese and its relat ...
of
Yunnan
Yunnan , () is a landlocked Provinces of China, province in Southwest China, the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is ...
, China. Kabie is spoken in
Jiangcheng Hani and Yi Autonomous County
Jiangcheng Hani and Yi Autonomous County (; Hani: ) is an autonomous county under the jurisdiction of Pu'er City, in southern Yunnan, China, bordering Laos and Vietnam to the south, making it the only county in the province to border more than on ...
,
Mojiang Hani Autonomous County
Mojiang Hani Autonomous County (; Hani: ) is an autonomous county under the jurisdiction of Pu'er City, in the south of Yunnan Province, China.
Administrative divisions
In the present, Mojiang Hani Autonomous County has 12 towns, 2 townships and ...
, and
Lüchun County
Lüchun County () is located in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, in the south of Yunnan province, China, bordering Vietnam's Lai Châu Province to the south.
Administrative divisions
In the present, Lüchun County has 4 towns and 5 towns ...
.
Khabi word lists transcribed using the Roman-based Hani orthography are provided in Minta (2013) and Luo & Minta (2016).
Distribution
Kabie (Khabi) is spoken in:
*Xiqi 西歧村, Sinanjiang Township, Mojiang County, Yunnan, China
*Cuoluo, Cuoluo Village, Daheishan Township, Lüchun County, Yunnan, China 绿春县大黑山乡撮芦村撮芦组 (or 撮洛村)
*Dadifang, Gejie Village, Jiahe Township, Jiangcheng County, Yunnan, China 江城县加禾乡隔界村大地房
*Shipingzhai, Nanwang Village, Jiahe Township, Jiangcheng County, Yunnan, China 江城县加禾乡南旺村石屏寨
References
*Luo Jiaxiang
家祥 Minta Minji
塔敏吉 2012. ''Hanizu Kabieren wenhua diaocha yu yanjiu''
尼族卡别人文化调查与研究 Beijing: Ethnic Publishing House
族出版社
*Luo Jiaxiang
家祥 Minta Minji
塔敏吉 2016. ''Zhongguo Mojiang Hanizu Kabieren wenhua shilu''
国墨江哈尼族卡别人文化实录 Kunming: Yunnan People's Press
南人民出版社
*Minta Minji
塔敏吉 2013. ''Shiguang zhizhong: Mojiang Hani Kabie zhixi wenhua shizheng''
光之中:墨江哈尼族卡别支系文化实证 Kunming: Yunnan Arts Press
南美朮出版社
*You Weiqiong
伟琼 2013. ''Classifying ethnic groups of Yunnan''
南民族识别研究 Beijing: Nationalities Press
族出版社
Southern Loloish languages
Languages of Yunnan
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