Micha language

{{Short description|Sino-Tibetan language of Yunnan, China}} {{Infobox language |name=Micha |altname=Michie |nativename=Central Yi |region=Yunnan |states=China |ethnicity=>1,000 (1999)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Micha |url=https://people-groups.asiaharvest.org/China/chinaPeoples/M/Micha.pdf |access-date=2021-11-03 |website=Asia Harvest}}</ref> to 50,000 Yi (2007)<ref name=e18/> |speakers=30,000 |date=2007 |ref=e18 |speakers2=(assuming an ethnic population of 50,000) |familycolor=Sino-Tibetan |fam2=(Tibeto-Burman) |fam3=Lolo–Burmese |fam4=Loloish |fam5=Lisoish |fam6=Lisu–Lalo ? |fam7=Micha |iso3=yiq |glotto=miqi1235 |glottorefname=Miqie }}

'''Micha''', or '''Miqie''' ({{lang-zh|s=密察语|p=Mìcháyǔ}}; autonym: ''{{IPA|mi˥tɕʰe˨˩ pʰo˨˩}}''<ref>''Yunnan Province Ethnic Minority Languages Gazetteer'' (云南省志：少数民族语言文字志) (1997), p.30</ref>), is a Loloish language of Yunnan. Its usage is declining.

==Classification== Micha (''{{IPA|mi55 tɕʰi21}}'' or ''{{IPA|mi55 tɕʰe21}}'') is most closely related to Lipo, Lolopo, and Lisu.<ref name="Gao 2014">Gao 2014</ref>

The autonym ''{{IPA|mi13 sɑ21 pɑ21}}''<ref>''Yunnan Province Ethnic Minority Languages Gazetteer'' (云南省志：少数民族语言文字志) (1997), p.57</ref> is used by Lalo speakers, and should not be confused with Micha.

==Distribution== Micha is spoken by about 9,000 persons in north-central Yunnan, in Wuding County, Luquan County, and Fumin County.<ref name="Gao 2014" />

*Wuding County: Shedianxiaocun, Yongtaoxiacun, Yongtaozhongcun, Yangliuhe, Maichacun, Wodudacun, Woduxincun, Shuiduifang, Shanjudacun, Shanjuxiacun, Yangjiacun, Luomian, Xiagubai, Yanziwo, Shudecun, Dacun, Xincun, Baisha, Dashiban, Puxi Xincun, Yangliuhe, Nanshancun, Maidishan, Daxinzhuang, Yangjiucun, Nuomizha, Bizu *Luquan County: Shanglaowu, Xiashihuiyao, Qinglongqing, Bailike, Yantang, Pingtian, Damituo, Xicun *Fumin County: Madishangcun, Madixiacun, Madishaocun

According to the ''Nanjian County Gazetteer'' (1993), Micha (密岔) is also spoken in Nanjian County, around Aliwu (阿里勿)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nánjiàn Yízú Zìzhìxiàn Bǎohuá Zhèn Yúnhuá Cūnwěihuì Ālǐwù |script-title=zh:南涧彝族自治县宝华镇云华村委会阿里勿 |trans-title=Aliwu, Yunhua Village Committee, Baohua Town, Nanjian Yi Autonomous County |url=http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=261829 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219110545/http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=261829 |archive-date=2014-12-19 |website=ynszxc.gov.cn |language=zh}}</ref> and Santaishan (三台山),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nánjiàn Yízú Zìzhìxiàn Nánjiàn Zhèn Bǎo'ān Cūnwěihuì Sāntáishān |script-title=zh:南涧彝族自治县南涧镇保安村委会三台山 |trans-title=Santaishan, Baoan Village Committee, Nanjian Town, Nanjian Yi Autonomous County |url=http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=48070 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219110619/http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=48070 |archive-date=2014-12-19 |access-date=2014-12-07 |website=ynszxc.gov.cn |language=zh}}</ref> southeast of Dali.

==References== {{Reflist}}

== Further reading == *Gao, Katie Butler. 2014. “Phonological Sketch and Classification of Micha: A Central Ngwi language of Yunnan.” Presented at the 47th International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics. Oct 2014. Yunnan Normal University. Kunming, China. *Gao, Katie B. 2015. "[http://hdl.handle.net/10125/24640 Assessing the Linguistic Vitality of Miqie: An Endangered Ngwi (Loloish) Language of Yunnan, China]." ''Language Documentation & Conservation'' 9. 164-191. *Gao, Katie B. 2017. ''[http://ling.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/GAO_Katie_Final_Dissertation.pdf Dynamics of Language Contact in China: Ethnolinguistic Diversity and Variation in Yunnan]''. PhD Dissertation: University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. *Nanjian County Gazetteer Commission [南涧县志编纂委员会编] (ed). 1993. ''Nanjian County Gazetteer'' [南涧彝族自治县志]. Chengdu: Sichuan Reference Press [四川辞书出版社].

== External links == * [https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/33422 An open access collection of Micha recordings] are available through Kaipuleohone.

Category:Loloish languages Category:Languages of Yunnan Category:Endangered Sino-Tibetan languages