Axi | |
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Axipo | |
Native to | China |
Ethnicity | Yi |
Native speakers
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100,000 (2007) |
Sino-Tibetan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
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Glottolog | axiy1235 |
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.