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Qidi (Chinese: 期弟; also called Qiedi 切弟) is a Southern Loloish language of Yunnan, China. Qidi is spoken in Jiangcheng Hani and Yi Autonomous County, Mojiang Hani Autonomous County, and Lüchun County.

Qidi
Qiedi
Native to	China
Region	Yunnan
Ethnicity	Hani
Language family	Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Lolo–Burmese Loloish Southern Hani Qidi
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	None

In Mojiang County, Qiedi is spoken by a total of 1,497 people in Baliu Township 坝溜乡 (Yang & Zhang 2010:9).

Vocabulary

Hu & Dai (1964:80)[1] cite the following forms for Qidi (七第). Gloss translations are from Wheatley (1982:13).[2]

• tsa˧˩ 'eat' (吃)
• ti˧˩ 'hit, beat' (打)
• dɯ̠˧ 'foam, soak' (泡沫)
• de̠˧ 'live, exist' (活)

References

• Yang Hong [杨洪], Zhang Hong [张红]. 2010. Demographics and current situations of Hani subgroups in Mojiang County [墨江哈尼族自治县哈尼支系与人口现状调查研究]. Journal of Honghe University [红河学院学报]. Vol. 8, No. 3. Jun. 2010. doi:10.13963/j.cnki.hhuxb.2010.03.028
• You Weiqiong [尤伟琼]. 2013. Classifying ethnic groups of Yunnan [云南民族识别研究]. Beijing: Nationalities Press [民族出版社].

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