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Assessing the linguistic vitality of Miqie: An endangered Ngwi (Loloish) language of Yunnan, China
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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

8,000

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

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Semi-speakers

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Child speakers

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Young adult speakers

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Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

13,000

Non-monolingual speakers

Nearly all Miqie speak Mandarin

More about speakers

The Miqie people call themselves as "Micha" in Mandarin.

Year of info

2015

Location and Context

Countries

China

Coordinates

25.385286, 102.454376; 25.453369, 102.423347; 25.581697, 102.570808; 25.620361, 102.346939; 25.586885, 102.247009

Location description

Scattered villages in border region of Luquan and Fumin counties in Kunming City Administration and Wuding and Lufeng counties in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture.

Government support

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Speakers' attitudes

neutral attitudes toward language loss

Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

Scattered villages in border region of Luquan and Fumin counties in Kunming City Administration and Wuding and Lufeng counties in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture.

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Other languages used

Yunnan Mandarin, Eastern Lipo, Nasu

Domains of other languages

school, market, many homes

More on context

The use of Miqie is largely depending on the specific village context, namely the rate of intermarriage of Miqie with Chinese or other ethnic groups such as Lipo (called Lisu). Most Miqie villages are in a village cluster with other ethnic groups, including Han, Lipo, Lolo, Nasu, Hani, and Miao. Most elders and some middle-age Miqie speak the languages of the groups near their village and as well as Mandarin.

Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

10,000

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

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Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

<30,000

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More about speakers

Classified in the Yi Nationality. Micha and Miqie are autonyms. Moderately closely related to Lipho.

Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

Yunnan, China

Coordinates

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Location description

Scattered locations from Fumin, Luquan and Wuding counties north of Kunming, also in various small clusters in Yongren, Dayao, Yaoan and Nanhua counties in west-central Yunnan, and in Jingdong, Zhenyuan and Jinggu counties further south, along the eastern side of the Mekong.

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Scattered locations from Fumin, Luquan and Wuding counties north of Kunming, also in various small clusters in Yongren, Dayao, Yaoan and Nanhua counties in west-central Yunnan, and in Jingdong, Zhenyuan and Jinggu counties further south, along the eastern side of the Mekong.

More on writing systems

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Other languages used

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Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

30,000

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Ethnic Population

50,000

Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

Speaker number data from (Bradley 2007), decreasing.

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

China;

Coordinates

25.530389, 102.404338

Location description

Yunnan Province, Wuding (Jincheng, Jiuchang, and Chadian districts), north Fumin, north Lufeng, south Luquan counties, parts of Yongren, Dayao, Yao’an, Nanhua, Jingdong, Zhenyuan, Jinggu, and Yimen counties.

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Yunnan Province, Wuding (Jincheng, Jiuchang, and Chadian districts), north Fumin, north Lufeng, south Luquan counties, parts of Yongren, Dayao, Yao’an, Nanhua, Jingdong, Zhenyuan, Jinggu, and Yimen counties.

More on writing systems

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Other languages used

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Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

13,000

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