Samei | |
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Native to | China |
Ethnicity | Yi |
Native speakers
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20,000 (2007) |
Sino-Tibetan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
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Glottolog | same1240 |
Samei is a Loloish language of Yunnan, China closely related to Sani (Bradley 2005). It is spoken in and around Ala Township 阿拉彝族乡, just southeast of downtown Kunming.
Bradley, David (2005). "Sanie and language loss in China". International Journal of the Sociology of Language. 2005 (173): 159–176. doi:10.1515/ijsl.2005.2005.173.159.