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Mpi is a
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 rela ...
of Thailand. The number of speakers is in decline. It is spoken in the following two villages in northern Thailand. *Ban Dong, Tambon Suan Khuean สวนเขื่อน, Mueang Phrae District, Phrae Province (autonym: ' in Ban Dong) *Ban Sakoeng, Tambon Yot ยอด, Song Khwae District, Nan Province (autonym: ' Ban Sakoeng) Since the
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of Thailand migrated from Mengla,
Xishuangbanna Xishuangbanna, Sibsongbanna or Sipsong Panna ( Tham: , New Tai Lü script: ; ; th, สิบสองปันนา; lo, ສິບສອງພັນນາ; shn, သိပ်းသွင်ပၼ်းၼႃး; my, စစ်ဆောင်� ...
, Yunnan, China over 300 years ago, there could also possibly be Mpi speakers in China (Nahhas 2007).


Phonology

Mpi has six tones and two phonations in its vowels, modal voice and stiff voice:


References


Further reading

*
Nahhas, Ramzi W. (2007) Sociolinguistic Survey of Mpi in Thailand. SIL International
*Sittichai, Sah-iam (1984). ''Phrases and clauses in the Mpi language at Ban Dong, Phrae Province''. Bangkok: Mahidol University MA thesis. {{Lolo-Burmese languages Southern Loloish languages Languages of Thailand