Mili language

Mili
Native to	China
Region	Yunnan
Native speakers	23,000 (2002)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Lolo–Burmese Loloish Lisoish Lolopo Mili
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ymh
Glottolog	mili1235

Mili is a Loloish language spoken in Jingdong County (in Anding 安定乡 and Wenlong 文龙乡 townships), Yun, Zhenyuan, and Xinping counties of Yunnan province, China. Mili is a variety of Lolopo.

Vocabulary

The following basic vocabulary word list of Mili is from the Xinping County Ethnic Gazetteer (1992:79-80).

English gloss	Chinese gloss	Mili 咪俚语
One	一	tɕʰo²¹
Two	二	ȵi³³
Three	三	so³³
Four	四	li³³
Five	五	ŋo²¹
Six	六	tɕʰo²¹
Seven	七	xə²¹
Eight	八	xẽ²¹
Nine	九	kɯ³³
Ten	十	tʰi³³
Sun	太阳	ʔɑ⁵⁵mu³³tɕʰu³³
Moon	月亮	xo³³bo³⁵
Sky	天	ɤ̃³³tso³³
Ground	地	mi²¹li³³
Mountain	山	ʂe²¹
Water	水	ɤ⁵⁵tsʰou²¹
Fire	火	ʔɑ⁵⁵to⁵⁵
Field	田	dau⁵⁵mi⁵⁵
Valley	谷	tsʰɤ⁵⁵ʂa²¹
Cow	牛	y⁵⁵ŋĩ²¹
Sheep	羊	ʔɑ⁵⁵tsʰi²¹
Horse	马	me²¹
Pig	猪	ve²¹
Chicken	鸡	ʑi³³
Dog	狗	ɑ⁵⁵nu⁵⁵
Eat	吃饭	tso⁵⁵dzo²¹
Sleep	睡觉	ʑi²¹do³³
Man (male)	男人	tsʰo⁵⁵po³³
Woman	女人	tsʰo⁵⁵mo³³
House	房屋	jɛ⁵⁵xɛ⁵⁵
Clothes	衣服	kɑ²¹tɕʰi⁵⁵
Red	红	nɤ̃⁵⁵
Black	黑	nɑ³³
Street	街子	ʑi³³kɑ²¹

References

• Xinping County Ethnic Gazetteer [新平彝族傣族自治县民族志] (1992). Kunming: Yunnan People's Press [云南民族出版社].