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Lami (autonym: la21 mi55 in Honghe County, meaning 'low status'; Chinese: 腊米) is a Loloish language of Yunnan, China. Lami is spoken in Jiangcheng Hani and Yi Autonomous County, Mojiang Hani Autonomous County, Jinping Miao, Yao, and Dai Autonomous County, and Honghe County. Lami is also spoken in Hade 哈德, Sanmeng Township 三猛乡, Lüchun County.

The Lami language has been documented by Zhang (1998) and Wang (2011).

Distribution

In Mojiang County, Lami is spoken by a total of 3,105 people in the following townships (Yang & Zhang 2010:9).

• Naha Township 那哈乡 (1,844 persons)
• Longtan Township 龙潭乡 (446 persons)
• Yutang Township 渔塘乡 (415 persons)
• Baliu Township 坝溜乡 (312 persons)
• Tongguan Town 联珠镇 (88 persons)

Lefèvre-Pontalis (1892) reports the presence of Lami in Xieng-Hung (Jinghong), and provides a word list for Lami as well.

References

1. http://asiaharvest.org/wp-content/themes/asia/docs/people-groups/China/chinaPeoples/L/Lami.pdf
2. Bradley, David. 2001. Northern Hani dialects. Paper presented at ICSTLL 34, Kunming, China, 24–28 October 2001.
3. Tang Mingsheng 唐明生. 2011. 际哈尼/阿卡区域文化调查: 中国绿春县哈德哈尼族腊米人文化实录. Kunming: Yunnan People's Press 云南人民出版社. ISBN 978-7-222-08434-6
4. Lefèvre-Pontalis, Pierre. 1892. Notes sur quelques populations du nord de l'Indo-Chine . Journal Asiatique 19, 8, 8. 237-269, 129-154, 291-303.

• Wang Li 王力. 2011. 国际哈尼/阿卡区域文化调查: 中国绿春县哈德哈尼族腊米人文化实录. Kunming: Yunnan People's Press 云南人民出版社. ISBN 978-7-222-08434-6
• 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
• You Weiqiong . 2013. Classifying ethnic groups of Yunnan . Beijing: Nationalities Press .
• Zhang Peizhi . 1998. Comparative vocabulary lists of the Ha-Ya dialects of the Hani language . Kunming: Yunnan Ethnic Publishing House .

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