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Limi
Limi
Liumi
Native to	China
Region	Yunnan
Native speakers	29,000 (2002)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Lolo–Burmese Loloish Lisoish Limi; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ylm
Glottolog	limi1243

Limi (autonym: li33 mi33)^[2] is a Loloish language spoken in Yongde, Fengqing, and Yun counties of western Yunnan province, China.

Distribution

Limi is spoken in the following locations.^[3]

Yongde County (Wumulong 乌木龙彝族乡 and Yalian 亚练乡 Townships)
Southern Guodazhai Township 郭大寨彝族白族乡, Fengqing County (pop. 4,000)
Southeastern Yingpan Township 营盘镇, Fengqing County
Yun County (pop. 1,000)

Yang (2017)^[2] reports that Limi is spoken by about 20,000 people in Yongde, Fengqing, and Yun counties. Limi speakers make up 70% of the 26,000 people living in Wumulong Township (乌木龙乡), Yongde County, Yunnan. About 2,600 members of a nearby ethnic group called "Luo" (倮族) (likely Lolopo) also live in and around Wumulong.^[2]

Classification

Limi is likely most closely related to Lolopo, but also has many Lalo loanwords.^[2]

History

Limi speakers likely migrated from Jingdong County during the early 1300s, first arriving in Bangmai Village (邦卖/班卖), Fengqing County, and then later migrating to Wumulong Township, Yongde County.^[2]

References

^ Limi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Yang, Cathryn (2017). "Introducing Limi: A Rising Tone Is Born". In Ding, Picus Sizhi; Pelkey, Jamin (eds.). Sociohistorical Linguistics in Southeast Asia: New Horizons for Tibeto-Burman Studies in Honor of David Bradley. Leiden: Brill. pp. 75–95. ISBN 978-90-04-35051-9 – via Academia.edu.
^ "China". Asian Harvest. Archived from the original on 2013-08-01. Retrieved 2013-07-19.

Wang, Xingzhong 王兴中; Zhao, Weihua 赵卫华 (2013). Líncāng dìlǐ yǔ shuāngyǔ shǐyòng 临沧地理与双语使用 [Geography and Multilingualism in Lincang] (in Chinese). Kunming: Yunnan renmin chubanshe. ISBN 978-7-222-08581-7.
Yang, Cathryn, Limi Wordlist – via Academia.edu.