Yiche (''Yicyu''; ) is a Hanoish language spoken by 23,000 people in

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, China (Lan 2009:11).

Distribution

Yiche is spoken in the following locations of

, China (Lan 2009:11). *Dayangjie Township 大羊街乡 *Langdu Village 浪堵村, Langdi Township 浪堤乡 *Hadie Village 哈垤村, Chegu Township 车古乡 The Yiche claim that their ancestors had migrated from a village along the shores of

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near

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, 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.Lan (2009:14), quoted from Dai Qingxia (1995). ''Haniyu gailun'' 哈尼语概论, pp.176, 187.

Vocabulary

The following Yiche words are transcribed by Lan (2009) in

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References

*Lan Qing ��清 2009. ''Fertility: The kinship of China Yicyu'' ��饶：哈尼族奕车人的亲属关系 Yunnan People's Press ��南人民出版社 {{Lolo-Burmese languages Southern Loloish languages Languages of Yunnan Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture