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YIQ ISO 639-3

Miqie

A language of China

ISO 639
yiq
Alternate Names
Micha, Mielang, Minqi
Population
30,000 (Bradley 2007b), decreasing. Ethnic population: 50,000.
Location:
Yunnan province: Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Wuding county, Chadian, Jincheng, and Jiuchang districts; Dayao, north Fumin, Jingdong, Jinggu, north Lufeng, south Luquan, Nanhua, Yao’an, Yimen, Yongren, and Zhenyuan counties.
Language Status
7 (Shifting). Language of recognized nationality: Yi.
Classification
Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Ngwi-Burmese, Ngwi, Central
Language Use
No remaining speakers in Jinning and Anning counties; declining elsewhere. Home. Neutral attitudes. Most shifting to Mandarin Chinese [cmn].

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Location: Yunnan province: Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Wuding county, Chadian, Jincheng, and Jiuchang districts; Dayao, north Fumin, Jingdong, Jinggu, north Lufeng, south Luquan, Nanhua, Yao’an, Yimen, Yongren, and Zhenyuan counties.