Sani language

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Sani
nɪ˨˩ do˨˩
Sani written in Yi script
Sani written in Yi script
Native toChina
EthnicityYi
Native speakers
100,000 (2007)[1]
Sino-Tibetan
  • Southeastern
    • Sani–Azha
      • Sani
Yi script
Language codes
ISO 639-3ysn
Glottologsani1269

Sani (

Malong, Luquan, and Mile counties by about 120,000 speakers.[2]

The Sani [sa˨˩ni˨˩] call themselves [ni21]. Their language is distinct from the closely related Samei, whose speakers call themselves Sani [sa21 ni53].[1]

Another group known as the Sa 撒 (

Shilin County
. The ethnic population consisted of 1,443 as of 1960.

Innovations

Pelkey (2011:378) defines two innovations that Sani and Axi both share with each other.

  1. Exclusive devoicing of tone category 1 proto-voiced initials (even if there is voiced retention in tone category 2). These words include 'fly (v.)', 'wing', 'bridge', and 'liquor'.
  2. Dominant -e/-ɛ reflexes of *-ak rhymes.

References

  1. ^ a b Sani at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ISBN 7540927658
  3. ^ Yunnan minzu shibie zonghe diaocha zubian 云南民族识别综合调查组编 (1960).Yunnan minzu shibie zonghe diaocha baogao 云南民族识别综合调查报告. Kunming: Yunnan minzu shibie zonghe diaochazu 云南民族识别综合调查组.
  • Pelkey, Jamin. 2011. Dialectology as Dialectic: Interpreting Phula Variation. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton.
  • Ma Xueliang 马学良. 1951. Sani Yiyu yanjiu 撒尼彝语研究. Beijing: Commercial Press 商务印书馆.
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