| Yiche | |
|---|---|
| Yicyu | |
| Pronunciation | [jitsʰju] |
| Native to | China |
| Region | Honghe County |
| Ethnicity | Hani |
Native speakers | 23,000 (2009)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | None |
Yiche (Yicyu;Chinese:奕车) is aHanoish language spoken by 23,000 people inHonghe County,Yunnan, China (Lan 2009:11).
Yiche is spoken in the following locations ofHonghe County,Yunnan, China (Lan 2009:11).
The Yiche claim that their ancestors had migrated from a village along the shores ofDian Lake nearKunming, and moved south and crossed theRed River (Honghe) after being defeated by other ethnic groups (Lan 2009:3).
Yiche is a Hani language (fangyan 方言) that belongs to the Langza 浪杂 dialect cluster (tuyu 土语) of Honghe County.[4]
The following Yiche words are transcribed by Lan (2009) inpinyin. (Note:ss is equivalent toIPA [z].)
| English gloss | Chinese gloss | Pinyin | Page |
|---|---|---|---|
| rabbit | 兔 | tola, li | 110 |
| dragon | 龙 | long | 110 |
| snake | 蛇 | sei | 110 |
| horse | 马 | meng | 110 |
| sheep | 羊 | aci, yo | 110 |
| monkey | 猴 | joniu, niu | 110 |
| chicken | 鸡 | aha, ha | 110 |
| dog | 狗 | aku, ke | 110 |
| pig | 猪 | a'ang, ang | 110 |
| ant | 蚂蚁 | ahu, hu | 110 |
| cattle | 牛 | aniu, niu | 110 |
| tiger | 虎 | haza, la | 110 |
| sticky rice | 糯米 | honio | 110 |
| eat | 吃 | zha | 110 |
| one | 一 | qi | 18 |
| household | 户 | wo | 19 |
| person, human | 人 | co | 19 |
| husband | 丈夫 | niuse ada | 19 |
| wife | 妻子 | niuse ama | 19 |
| child | 孩子 | ssa | 22 |
| home | 家 | yuji, yu | 25 |
| small house | 小屋 | nimssang | 37 |
| liquor | 酒 | aba | 57 |
| drink | 喝 | do | 57 |
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. | |||||