Micha, or Miqie (;

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Loloish language The Loloish languages, also known as Yi (like the Yi people) and occasionally Ngwi or Nisoic, are a family of 50–100 Tibeto-Burman languages spoken primarily in the Yunnan province of Southwestern China. They are most closely related to Bur ...

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. Its usage is declining.

Classification

Micha (' or ') is most closely related to Lipo, Lolopo, and Lisu.Gao 2014 The autonym ' is used by Lalo speakers, and should not be confused with Micha.

Distribution

Micha is spoken by about 9,000 persons in north-central Yunnan, in

Wuding County Wuding County (; Yi script, Chuxiong Yi script: , International Phonetic Alphabet, IPA: ) is under the administration of the Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, in the north-central part of Yunnan province, China, bordering Sichuan province to the ...

Luquan County Luquan Yi and Miao Autonomous County (; A-Hmao: ) is an autonomous county, under the jurisdiction of Kunming, Yunnan, China, bordering Sichuan province to the north. As of the 2020 census the population was 378,881. The county seat has two bus st ...

, and

Fumin County Fumin County () is a county, under the jurisdiction of Kunming, Yunnan, China. It borders Panlong District, Wuhua District, Songming County and Xundian County to the east, Luquan County to the north, Lufeng, Yunnan and Wuding County to the w ...

. *

: Shedianxiaocun, Yongtaoxiacun, Yongtaozhongcun, Yangliuhe, Maichacun, Wodudacun, Woduxincun, Shuiduifang, Shanjudacun, Shanjuxiacun, Yangjiacun, Luomian, Xiagubai, Yanziwo, Shudecun, Dacun, Xincun, Baisha, Dashiban, Puxi Xincun, Yangliuhe, Nanshancun, Maidishan, Daxinzhuang, Yangjiucun, Nuomizha, Bizu *

: Shanglaowu, Xiashihuiyao, Qinglongqing, Bailike, Yantang, Pingtian, Damituo, Xicun *

: Madishangcun, Madixiacun, Madishaocun According to the ''Nanjian County Gazetteer'' (1993), Micha (密岔) is also spoken in Nanjian County, around Aliwu (阿里勿) and Santaishan (三台山), southeast of Dali.

References

*Gao, Katie Butler. 2014. “Phonological Sketch and Classification of Micha: A Central Ngwi language of Yunnan.” Presented at the 47th International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics. Oct 2014. Yunnan Normal University. Kunming, China. *Gao, Katie B. 2015.
Assessing the Linguistic Vitality of Miqie: An Endangered Ngwi (Loloish) Language of Yunnan, China
" ''Language Documentation & Conservation'' 9. 164-191. *Gao, Katie B. 2017.
Dynamics of Language Contact in China: Ethnolinguistic Diversity and Variation in Yunnan
'. PhD Dissertation: University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. *Nanjian County Gazetteer Commission ��涧县志编纂委员会编(ed). 1993. ''Nanjian County Gazetteer'' ��涧彝族自治县志 Chengdu: Sichuan Reference Press ��川辞书出版社

External links

An open access collection of Micha recordings
are available through

Kaipuleohone Kaipuleohone is a digital ethnographic archive that houses audio and visual files, photographs, as well as hundreds of textual material such as notes, dictionaries, and transcriptions relating to small and endangered languages. The archive is stored ...

. {{Lolo-Burmese languages Loloish languages Languages of Yunnan Endangered Sino-Tibetan languages

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