Micha language

Micha
Michie
Central Yi
Native toChina
RegionYunnan
Ethnicity>1,000 (1999)[1] to 50,000 Yi (2007)[2]
Native speakers
30,000 (2007)[2]
(assuming an ethnic population of 50,000)
Language codes
ISO 639-3yiq
Glottologmiqi1235
ELPMiqie Yi

Micha, or Miqie (Chinese: 密察语; pinyin: Mìcháyǔ; autonym: mi˥tɕʰe˨˩ pʰo˨˩[3]), is a Loloish language of Yunnan. Its usage is declining.

  1. ^ "Micha" (PDF). Asia Harvest. Retrieved 2021-11-03.
  2. ^ a b Micha at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  3. ^ Yunnan Province Ethnic Minority Languages Gazetteer (云南省志：少数民族语言文字志) (1997), p.30