Yiche language

Yiche
Yicyu
Pronunciation[ji tsʰju]
Native toChina
RegionHonghe County
EthnicityHani
Native speakers
23,000 (2009)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
GlottologNone

Yiche (Yicyu; Chinese: 奕车) is a Hanoish language spoken by 23,000 people in Honghe County, Yunnan, China (Lan 2009:11).

Distribution

Yiche is spoken in the following locations of Honghe County, Yunnan, China (Lan 2009:11).

  • Dayangjie Township 大羊街乡
  • Langdu Village 浪堵村,[2] Langdi Township 浪堤乡
  • Hadie Village 哈垤村,[3] Chegu Township 车古乡

The Yiche claim that their ancestors had migrated from a village along the shores of Dian Lake near Kunming, and moved south and crossed the Red River (Honghe) after being defeated by other ethnic groups (Lan 2009:3).

Classification

Yiche is a Hani language (fangyan 方言) that belongs to the Langza 浪杂 dialect cluster (tuyu 土语) of Honghe County.[4]

Vocabulary

The following Yiche words are transcribed by Lan (2009) in pinyin. (Note: ss is equivalent to IPA [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

References

  1. ^ Lan (2009:11)
  2. ^ "红河县浪堤乡浪堵村委会". Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2015-04-26.
  3. ^ "红河县车古乡哈垤村委会". Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2015-04-26.
  4. ^ Lan (2009:14), quoted from Dai Qingxia (1995). Haniyu gailun 哈尼语概论, pp.176, 187.
  • Lan Qing [澜清]. 2009. Fertility: The kinship of China Yicyu [丰饶：哈尼族奕车人的亲属关系]. Yunnan People's Press [云南人民出版社]. ISBN 9787222058439