Axi (
Chinese: 阿细 Axi; Ahi;
autonym: ') is one of the
Loloish languages spoken by the
Yi people of
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
. The Axi are one of the main linguistic sub-branches of Yi, and the Axi tiaoyue is a dance of the Axi speaking Yi people accompanied by the
sanhu
The ''sanhu'' proper (Chinese: 三 胡; pinyin: sānhú) is a Chinese bowed musical instrument with three strings. It was developed in the 1970s and is essentially a three-stringed version of the two-stringed ''erhu'', with an additional bass st ...
.
[李勇翔 中国少数民族音乐 2006 "彝族三胡彝族三胡是彝族特有的弓弦乐器。云南彝族的两大支系"撒尼"与"阿细"人的民间乐舞"阿细跳月"常用此乐器演奏。"]
Axi is spoken in
Mile
The mile, sometimes the international mile or statute mile to distinguish it from other miles, is a British imperial unit and United States customary unit of distance; both are based on the older English unit of length equal to 5,280 Engli ...
,
Shilin,
Kunming
Kunming (; ), also known as Yunnan-Fu, is the capital and largest city of Yunnan province, China. It is the political, economic, communications and cultural centre of the province as well as the seat of the provincial government. The headqua ...
,
Luxi, and
Huaning counties by about 110,000 speakers.
[Wang Chengyou ��成有 2003. ''Yiyu Fangyan Bijiao Yanjiu'' ��语方言比较研究 Chengdu: Sichuan People's Press ��川民族出版社 ]
Phonology
References
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Loloish languages
Languages of China