Ati (Chinese: 阿梯/阿替) is an unclassified Loloish language of Huaning County, Yunnan, China.
| Ati | |
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| Native to | China |
| Ethnicity | Yi |
Language family | Sino-Tibetan
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| ISO 639-3 | – |
Pelkey (2011:431)[1] suggests that the Xiqi, Ati, and Long languages of Huaning County may be Southeastern Loloish languages.
The Huaning County Gazetteer 华宁县志 (1994:514) lists the following locations of Ati.
The Huaning County Ethnic Gazetteer (1992:72)[16] provides a short word list of Adu, Ati, Xiqi, Nong, and Azhe transcribed using Chinese characters, shown below. Pinyin transliterations have also been provided below.
| English gloss | Chinese gloss | Adu (阿笃语) | Ati (阿梯语) | Xiqi (西期语) | Nong (弄语) | Azhe (阿哲语) |
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| village | 寨子 | 且 (qie) | 且 (qie) | 卡 (ka) | 卡 (ka) | 卡 (ka) |
| water | 水 | 叶 (ye) | 叶 (ye) | 矣咋 (yi zha) | 翁咋 (weng zha) | 叶 (ye) |
| girl | 小姑娘 | 燃米诺 (ran mi nuo) | 尼格莫 (ni ge mo) | 阿门儿若 (a men er ruo) | 阿门儿少若 (a men er shao ruo) | 若麻儿西若 (ruo ma er xi ruo) |
| boy | 小伙子 | 茶塞 (cha sai) | 差血若 (cha(i) xue ruo) | 阿杂若 (a za ruo) | 撮沙若 (cuo sha ruo) | 若那儿 (ruo na er) |
| corn | 包谷 | 矣白儿 (yi bai er) | 苏柏儿 (su bai er) | 阻目 (zu mu) | 苏木白儿 (su mu bai er) | 火魔 (huo mo) |
| have | 有 | 杂杂 (za za) | 杂杂 (za za) | 白儿 (bai er) | 杂 (za) | 祖阿(杂) (zu a (za)) |
| not | 无 | 麻 (ma) | 麻 (ma) | 麻 (ma) | 麻 (ma) | 阿米 (a mi) |
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| Western Himalayas (Himachal, Uttarakhand, Nepal, Sikkim) |
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| Myanmar and Indo-Burmese border |
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| East and Southeast Asia |
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| Dubious (possible isolates) (Arunachal) |
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| Burmish |
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