Yiche language

Yiche (Yicyu; Chinese: 奕车) is a Hanoish language spoken by 23,000 people in Honghe County, Yunnan, China (Lan 2009:11).

Yiche
Yicyu
Pronunciation	[ji tsʰju]
Native to	China
Region	Honghe County
Ethnicity	Hani
Native speakers	23,000 (2009)[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Lolo–Burmese Loloish Southern Hani Yiche
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	None

Distribution

Yiche is spoken in the following locations of Honghe County, Yunnan, China (Lan 2009:11).

• Dayangjie Township 大羊街乡
• Langdu Village 浪堵村,^[2] Langdi Township 浪堤乡
• Hadie Village 哈垤村,^[3] Chegu Township 车古乡

The Yiche claim that their ancestors had migrated from a village along the shores of Dian Lake near Kunming, and moved south and crossed the Red River (Honghe) after being defeated by other ethnic groups (Lan 2009:3).

Classification

Yiche is a Hani language (fangyan 方言) that belongs to the Langza 浪杂 dialect cluster (tuyu 土语) of Honghe County.^[4]

Vocabulary

The following Yiche words are transcribed by Lan (2009) in pinyin. (Note: ss is equivalent to IPA [z].)

English gloss	Chinese gloss	Pinyin	Page
rabbit	兔	tola, li	110
dragon	龙	long	110
snake	蛇	sei	110
horse	马	meng	110
sheep	羊	aci, yo	110
monkey	猴	joniu, niu	110
chicken	鸡	aha, ha	110
dog	狗	aku, ke	110
pig	猪	a'ang, ang	110
ant	蚂蚁	ahu, hu	110
cattle	牛	aniu, niu	110
tiger	虎	haza, la	110
sticky rice	糯米	honio	110
eat	吃	zha	110
one	一	qi	18
household	户	wo	19
person, human	人	co	19
husband	丈夫	niuse ada	19
wife	妻子	niuse ama	19
child	孩子	ssa	22
home	家	yuji, yu	25
small house	小屋	nimssang	37
liquor	酒	aba	57
drink	喝	do	57