Mili language

Mili is a Loloish language spoken in Jingdong County (in Anding 安定乡 and Wenlong 文龙乡 townships[2]), Yun, Zhenyuan, and Xinping counties of Yunnan province, China. Mili is a variety of Lolopo.[3]

Mili
Native toChina
RegionYunnan
Native speakers
23,000 (2002)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3ymh
Glottologmili1235

Vocabulary

The following basic vocabulary word list of Mili is from the Xinping County Ethnic Gazetteer (1992:79-80).

English gloss Chinese gloss Mili 咪俚语
Onetɕʰo²¹
Twoȵi³³
Threeso³³
Fourli³³
Fiveŋo²¹
Sixtɕʰo²¹
Sevenxə²¹
Eightxẽ²¹
Ninekɯ³³
Tentʰi³³
Sun太阳ʔɑ⁵⁵mu³³tɕʰu³³
Moon月亮xo³³bo³⁵
Skyɤ̃³³tso³³
Groundmi²¹li³³
Mountainʂe²¹
Waterɤ⁵⁵tsʰou²¹
Fireʔɑ⁵⁵to⁵⁵
Fielddau⁵⁵mi⁵⁵
Valleytsʰɤ⁵⁵ʂa²¹
Cowy⁵⁵ŋĩ²¹
Sheepʔɑ⁵⁵tsʰi²¹
Horseme²¹
Pigve²¹
Chickenʑi³³
Dogɑ⁵⁵nu⁵⁵
Eat吃饭tso⁵⁵dzo²¹
Sleep睡觉ʑi²¹do³³
Man (male)男人tsʰo⁵⁵po³³
Woman女人tsʰo⁵⁵mo³³
House房屋jɛ⁵⁵xɛ⁵⁵
Clothes衣服kɑ²¹tɕʰi⁵⁵
Rednɤ̃⁵⁵
Blacknɑ³³
Street街子ʑi³³kɑ²¹

References

  1. Mili at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-08-01. Retrieved 2013-07-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. Yang, Cathryn. 2011. Assessment of the Lolo languages: Current understanding and recommended next steps. m.s.
  • Xinping County Ethnic Gazetteer [新平彝族傣族自治县民族志] (1992). Kunming: Yunnan People's Press [云南民族出版社].


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