Misplaced Pages

Amu language

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Southern Loloish language of Yunnan, China
Amu
Native toChina
RegionYunnan
EthnicityHani
Language familySino-Tibetan
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
GlottologNone

Amu (Chinese: 阿母, 阿木) is a Southern Loloish language of Mojiang Hani Autonomous County, Yunnan, China.

Yang Meiqiong (2014) contains a vocabulary and phrase list of Amu transcribed using Hani orthography.

Distribution

In Mojiang County, Amu is spoken by a total of 7,050 people in the following townships (Yang & Zhang 2010:9).

  • Sinanjiang Township 泗南江乡 (4,001 persons), with more than half of all Amu living in Qian'gang Village 千岗村 and Ganba Village 干坝村 according to Yang (2014:1).
  • Longtan Township 龙潭乡 (998 persons)
  • Baliu Township 坝溜乡 (945 persons)
  • Yayi Township 雅邑乡 (451 persons)
  • Wenwu Township 文武乡 (125 persons)

References

  • Yang Hong , Zhang Hong . 2010. Demographics and current situations of Hani subgroups in Mojiang County . Journal of Honghe University . Vol. 8, No. 3. Jun. 2010. doi:10.13963/j.cnki.hhuxb.2010.03.028
  • Yang Meiqiong . 2014. Wenhua shiying yu shehui bianqian - Mojiang Hanizu Amu zhixi wenhua shizheng . Kunming: Yunnan Arts Press . ISBN 978-7-5489-1756-4
  • You Weiqiong . 2013. Classifying ethnic groups of Yunnan . Beijing: Nationalities Press .
Languages of China
Official
Regional
ARs / SARs
Prefecture
Counties/Bannersnumerous
Indigenous
Sino-Tibetan languages
Lolo-
Burmese
Mondzish
Burmish
Loloish
Hanoish
Lisoish
Nisoish
Other
Qiangic
Tibetic
Other
Other languages
Austroasiatic
Hmong-Mien
Hmongic
Mienic
Mongolic
Kra-Dai
Zhuang
Other
Tungusic
Turkic
Other
Minority
Varieties of
Chinese
Creole/Mixed
Extinct
Sign
  • GX = Guangxi
  • HK = Hong Kong
  • MC = Macau
  • NM = Inner Mongolia
  • XJ = Xinjiang
  • XZ = Tibet
Sino-Tibetan branches
Western Himalayas (Himachal,
Uttarakhand, Nepal, Sikkim)
Greater Magaric
Map of Sino-Tibetan languages
Eastern Himalayas
(Tibet, Bhutan, Arunachal)
Myanmar and Indo-
Burmese border
"Naga"
Sal
East and Southeast Asia
Burmo-Qiangic
Dubious (possible
isolates) (Arunachal)
Greater Siangic
Proposed groupings
Proto-languages
Italics indicates single languages that are also considered to be separate branches.
Lolo-Burmese languages
Mondzish
Kathu
Nuclear Mondzish
Loloish
(Yi)
(Ngwi)
Southern Loloish
(Southern Ngwi)
(Hanoish)
Hanoid
Akha
Hani
Haoni
Bisoid
Siloid
Bi-Ka
Mpi
Jino
Central Loloish
(Central Ngwi)
Lawoish
Lahoish
Nusoish
Lisoish
Laloid
Taloid
Kazhuoish
  • Katso
  • Samu
  • Sanie
  • Sadu
  • Meuma
  • Nisoish
    Northern Loloish
    (Northern Ngwi)
    (Nisoid)
    Nosoid
    Nasoid
    Southeastern Loloish
    (Southeastern Ngwi)
    (Axi-Puoid)
    Nisu
    Sani–Azha
    Highland Phula
    Riverine Phula
    others
    Burmish
    Northern
    High Northern
    Hpon
    Mid Northern
    Southern
    Intha-Danu
    Nuclear Southern
    Pai-lang
    (Proto-languages)
    • Italics indicate extinct languages.


    Stub icon

    This Sino-Tibetan languages-related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

    Categories: