lingvo.wikisort.org - LanguageMpi is a Loloish language of Thailand. The number of speakers is in decline. It is spoken in the following two villages in northern Thailand.
- Ban Dong, Tambon Suan Khuean สวนเขื่อน, Mueang Phrae District, Phrae Province (autonym: m̩˧pi˥˧ in Ban Dong)
- Ban Sakoeng, Tambon Yot ยอด, Song Khwae District, Nan Province (autonym: kɔ˥˧ Ban Sakoeng)
Mpi |
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Native to | Thailand, perhaps China |
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Ethnicity | 1,500 (2007)[1] |
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Native speakers | 900 (2007)[1] |
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ISO 639-3 | mpz |
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Glottolog | mpii1239 |
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ELP | Mpi |
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Since the Mpi of Thailand migrated from Mengla, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China over 300 years ago, there could also possibly be Mpi speakers in China (Nahhas 2007).
Phonology
Mpi has six tones and two phonations in its vowels, modal voice and stiff voice:
Tone | Modal voice | Stiff voice |
Low |
sì 'blood' | sì̬ 'seven' |
Low rising |
si᷅ 'putrid' | si̬᷅ 'dried up' |
Mid |
sī (a color) | sī̬ (a classifier) |
Mid rising |
sǐ 'to roll' | sǐ̬ 'to smoke' |
High |
sí 'four' | sí̬ (a name) |
High rising |
si᷄ 'to die' | si̬᷄ (a name) |
References
- Mpi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Further reading
Languages of China |
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Official | |
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Regional | ARs / SARs | |
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Prefecture | |
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Counties/Banners | numerous |
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Indigenous | Sino-Tibetan languages |
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Lolo- Burmese | Mondzish | |
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Burmish | |
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Loloish | Hanoish | |
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Lisoish | |
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Nisoish | |
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Qiangic | |
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Tibetic | |
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Other | |
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Austroasiatic | |
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Hmong-Mien | |
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Mongolic | |
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Kra-Dai | |
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Tungusic | |
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Turkic | |
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Other |
- Sarikoli (Indo-European)
- Tsat (Austronesian)
- Formosan languages (Austronesian)
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Minority | |
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Varieties of Chinese | |
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Creole/Mixed | |
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Extinct | |
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Sign | |
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- GX = Guangxi
- HK = Hong Kong
- MC = Macau
- NM = Inner Mongolia
- XJ = Xinjiang
- XZ = Tibet
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 Languages of Thailand |
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Official language | |
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Other Thais | |
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Minority ethnics by languages groups | Austroasiatic | |
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Austronesian | |
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Hmong-Mien | |
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Sino-Tibetan | |
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Non-Indigenous | Immigrant language | |
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Working language | |
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Sign languages | |
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Sino-Tibetan branches |
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Western Himalayas (Himachal, Uttarakhand, Nepal, Sikkim) |
- West Himalayish
- Tamangic
- Newaric
- Kiranti
- Dhimalish
- Lepcha
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Eastern Himalayas (Tibet, Bhutan, Arunachal) | |
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Myanmar and Indo-Burmese border | "Naga" |
- Ao
- Angami–Pochuri
- Meitei
- Tangkhulic
- Zeme
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Sal |
- Boro–Garo
- Konyak
- Jingpho–Luish
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East and Southeast Asia | Burmo-Qiangic |
- Qiangic
- Ersuic
- Naic
- Lolo-Burmese
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Dubious (possible isolates) (Arunachal) |
- Hrusish
- Kho-Bwa
- Miju–Meyor
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Proposed groupings |
- Central Tibeto-Burman
- Kuki-Chin–Naga
- Greater Bai
- Mahakiranti
- Rung
- Tibeto-Burman
- Tibeto-Kanauri
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Proto-languages |
- Proto-Sino-Tibetan
- Proto-Tibeto-Burman
- Proto-Loloish
- Proto-Karenic
- Proto-Min
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Italics indicates single languages that are also considered to be separate branches. |
Lolo-Burmese languages |
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Mondzish | Thou-Kathu | |
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Nuclear Mondzish | |
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Loloish (Yi) (Ngwi) | Southern Loloish (Southern Ngwi) (Hanoish) | Hanoid | |
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Bisoid | |
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Siloid | |
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Bi-Ka | |
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Mpi | |
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Jino | |
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Central Loloish (Central Ngwi) | Lawoish | |
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Lahoish | |
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Nusoish | |
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Lisoish | |
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Kazhuoish | |
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Nisoish | Northern Loloish (Northern Ngwi) (Nisoid) | |
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Southeastern Loloish (Southeastern Ngwi) (Axi-Puoid) | Nisu | |
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Sani–Azha | |
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Highland Phula | |
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Riverine Phula | |
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others | |
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Burmish | Northern | High Northern | |
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Hpon | |
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Mid Northern | |
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Southern | Intha-Danu | |
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Nuclear Southern | |
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Gong ? | |
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Pai-lang | |
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