Ati (Chinese: 阿梯/阿替) is an unclassified Loloish language of Huaning County, Yunnan, China.
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Pelkey (2011:431)[1] suggests that the Xiqi, Ati, and Long languages of Huaning County may be Southeastern Loloish languages. Hsiu (2018) also suggests a Southeastern Loloish affiliation.[2]
The Huaning County Gazetteer 华宁县志 (1994:514) lists the following locations of Ati.
- Huaxi Township 华溪乡: Xiaozhai 小寨,[3] Daxinzhai 大新寨,[4] Heiniubai 黑牛白[5]
- Chengjiao Township 城郊乡: Faguo 法果,[6] Mada 吗哒,[7] Zanle 咱乐,[8] Chongmai 冲麦[9]
- Xincheng Township 新城乡: Longmu 龙亩,[10] Tulaoyi 土老依,[11] Naguo 那果[12]
- Tonghongdian Township 通红甸乡: Zele 则勒, Momian 磨面,[13] Xiaoguodi 小锅底
- Qinglong Township 青龙镇: Zhongcun 中村,[14] Yifu 矣甫,[15] Daomakan 倒马坎[16]
- Lufeng Township 禄丰乡: Chekaibi 扯开比
The Huaning County Ethnic Gazetteer (1992:72)[17] 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.
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English gloss | Chinese gloss | Adu (阿笃语) | Ati (阿梯语) | Xiqi (西期语) | Nong (弄语) | Azhe (阿哲语) |
village | 寨子 | 且 | 且 | 卡 | 卡 | 卡 |
water | 水 | 叶 | 叶 | 矣咋 | 翁咋 | 叶 |
girl | 小姑娘 | 燃米诺 | 尼格莫 | 阿门儿若 | 阿门儿少若 | 若麻儿西若 |
boy | 小伙子 | 茶塞 | 差血若 | 阿杂若 | 撮沙若 | 若那儿 |
corn | 包谷 | 矣白儿 | 苏柏儿 | 阻目 | 苏木白儿 | 火魔 |
have | 有 | 杂杂 | 杂杂 | 白儿 | 杂 | 祖阿(杂) |
not | 无 | 麻 | 麻 | 麻 | 麻 | 阿米 |
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Pelkey, Jamin. 2011. Dialectology As Dialectic: Interpreting Phula Variation. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton.
Hsiu, Andrew (2018). "Nisoish". Sino-Tibetan Branches Project. Retrieved 2023-03-09. Huaning County Ethnic Gazetteer Editorial Committee (ed). 1992. Huaning County Ethnic Gazetteer 华宁县民族志. Kunming: Yunnan People’s Press 云南民族出版社.