Xiqi (;

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Loloish 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 ...

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Huaning County Huaning County () is a county under the administration of Yuxi, in east-central Yunnan Province, China. Administrative divisions Huaning County has 1 subdistrict, 3 towns and 1 ethnic township. ;1 subdistrict * Ningzhou () ;3 towns * Panxi () ...

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, China. It is also called Siqipo 斯期颇 (') in

Mile County Mile (; ; Hani language: ; Yi: ) is a county-level city located in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan province, China. It is named after the Maitreya Buddha, for which there was a temple located on a nearby mountain, making it the o ...

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Ati Ati or ATI may refer to: * Ati people, a Negrito ethnic group in the Philippines **Ati language (Philippines), the language spoken by this people group ** Ati-Atihan festival, an annual celebration held in the Philippines *Ati language (China), a ...

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Southeastern Loloish languages The Southeastern Loloish languages, also known as Southeastern Ngwi, are a branch of the Loloish languages. In Lama's (2012) classification, it is called ''Axi-Puoid'', which forms the Nisoish branch together with the ''Nisoid'' (''Nisu–Lope'' ...

Distribution

The ''Huaning County Gazetteer'' 华宁县志 (1994:514) lists the following locations of Xiqi. *Tonghongdian Township 通红甸乡: Suomeizao 所梅早村, Dapozuo 大婆左村 *Panxi Township 盘溪乡: Yide 矣得村, Fagao 法高村, Dayaxi 大丫喜村, Longtanying 龙潭营村 *Chengjiao Township 城郊乡: Dengloushan 登楼山, Puchazhai 普茶寨 *Huaxi Township 华溪乡: Xishajing 西沙井村, Dujia 独家村 *Qinglong Township 青龙镇: Shanqi 山歧村, Qize 起则村

Vocabulary

The Huaning County Ethnic Gazetteer (1992:72)Huaning County Ethnic Gazetteer Editorial Committee (ed). 1992. Huaning County Ethnic Gazetteer 华宁县民族志. Kunming: Yunnan People’s Press 云南民族出版社. provides a short word list of Adu,

, Xiqi, Nong, and

Azhe Azhe (Chinese: 阿哲; Azhepo; autonym: ) is one of the Loloish languages spoken by the Yi people of China.黄建明 Huáng Jiànmíng 彝族古籍文献概要 1993 Yizu guji wenxian gaiyao utline of classical literature of Yi nationality By Hua ...

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Pinyin Hanyu Pinyin (), often shortened to just pinyin, is the official romanization system for Standard Mandarin Chinese in China, and to some extent, in Singapore and Malaysia. It is often used to teach Mandarin, normally written in Chinese for ...

transliterations have also been provided below.

References

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