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
Mpi
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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