Axi language

Axi
Axipo
Native to China
Ethnicity Yi
Native speakers 100,000  (2007)
Language family
Language codes
ISO 639-3 yix

Axi (Chinese 阿细 Axi ; Ahi; autonym: ɑ˨˩ɕi˥pʰo˨˩) is one of the Loloish languages spoken by the Yi people of China. 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.[1]

Last modified on 12 March 2013, at 14:29