| Micha | |
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| Michie | |
| Central Yi | |
| Native to | China |
| Region | Yunnan |
| Ethnicity | >1,000 (1999)[1] to 50,000Yi (2007)[2] |
Native speakers | 30,000 (2007)[2] (assuming an ethnic population of 50,000) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | yiq |
| Glottolog | miqi1235 |
| ELP | Miqie Yi |
Micha, orMiqie (Chinese:密察语;pinyin:Mìcháyǔ;autonym:mi˥tɕʰe˨˩pʰo˨˩[3]), is aLoloish language ofYunnan. Its usage is declining.
Micha (mi55tɕʰi21 ormi55tɕʰe21) is most closely related toLipo,Lolopo, andLisu.[4]
The autonymmi13sɑ21pɑ21[5] is used byLalo speakers, and should not be confused with Micha.
Micha is spoken by about 9,000 persons in north-central Yunnan, inWuding County,Luquan County, andFumin County.[4]
According to theNanjian County Gazetteer (1993), Micha (密岔) is also spoken inNanjian County, around Aliwu (阿里勿)[6] and Santaishan (三台山),[7] southeast of Dali.
Sino-Tibetan branches | |||||
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| WesternHimalayas (Himachal, Uttarakhand,Nepal,Sikkim) |
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| EasternHimalayas (Tibet,Bhutan,Arunachal) | |||||
| Myanmar and Indo- Burmese border |
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| East andSoutheast Asia |
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| Dubious (possible isolates,Arunachal) |
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Italics indicates single languages that are also considered to be separate branches. | |||||