Axi language
| Axi | |
|---|---|
| Axipo | |
| Native to | China |
| Ethnicity | Yi |
Native speakers | 100,000 (2007)[1] |
Sino-Tibetan
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | yix |
| 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.[2]
References
- ^ Axi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ 李勇翔 中国少数民族音乐 2006 "彝族三胡彝族三胡是彝族特有的弓弦乐器。云南彝族的两大支系"撒尼"与"阿细"人的民间乐舞"阿细跳月"常用此乐器演奏。"