Nuomei (; autonym: ')
(1955), p.61 is a
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Loloish language
The Loloish languages, also known as Yi in China and occasionally Ngwi or Nisoic, are a family of fifty to a hundred Sino-Tibetan languages spoken primarily in the Yunnan province of China. They are most closely related to Burmese and its rel ...
of
Yunnan
Yunnan , () is a landlocked province in the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the ...
, China. Nuomei is spoken in
Yuanjiang Hani, Yi and Dai Autonomous County
Yuanjiang Hani, Yi and Dai Autonomous County (; Hani: ) is a county of south-central Yunnan province, People's Republic of China. The county seat is the town of Lijiang (), while the county itself is under the administration of Yuxi City. It der ...
, and
Jinping Miao, Yao, and Dai Autonomous County
Jinping Miao, Yao, and Dai Autonomous County () is located in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan province, China, bordering Vietnam's Lai Châu Province to the south. Jinping is home to the Red-headed Yao () minority group who we ...
.
Names
According to Yunnan (1955),
the Nuomei 糯美 (') of Xinping County are referred to by the Han Chinese as Suobi 梭比 (which has derogatory meanings), and prefer to be referred to as Nuomei 糯美. The Nuomei refer to the neighboring Nuobi 糯比 as Big Nuobi 大糯比.
Distribution
Dai (2009) reports that ethnic Hani in Yangjie Township 羊街乡,
Yuanjiang County
Yuanjiang Hani, Yi and Dai Autonomous County (; Hani: ) is a county of south-central Yunnan province, People's Republic of China. The county seat is the town of Lijiang (), while the county itself is under the administration of Yuxi City. It der ...
belong to the Nuomei 糯美 and
Nuobi 糯比 subgroups, who number 9,000 people and 6,000 people respectively in the township. The Nuomei live mostly in Gedie 戈垤, Dangduo 党舵, and Bamu 坝木 administrative villages, while the Nuobi reside mostly in Langzhi 朗支, Yangjie 羊街, and Diexia 垤霞
villages.
References
*Dai Qingxia
庆厦 2009. ''Language status and change in Yangjie Township, Yuanjiang County''
江县羊街乡语言使用现状及其演变 Beijing: Commercial Press
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*You Weiqiong
伟琼 2013. ''Classifying ethnic groups of Yunnan''
南民族识别研究 Beijing: Nationalities Press
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Southern Loloish languages
Languages of Yunnan
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