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Mpi language

Mpi language

Loloish language of Thailand

Mpi is a Loloish language of Thailand. The number of speakers is in decline. It is spoken in the following two villages in northern Thailand.

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Since the Mpi of Thailand migrated from Mengla, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China over 300 years ago, there could also possibly be Mpi speakers in China (Nahhas 2007).

Phonology

Mpi has six tones and two phonations in its vowels, modal voice and stiff voice:

More information Tone, Modal voice ...

References

  1. [1]
    Mpi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

Further reading

  • Ladefoged, Peter; Maddieson, Ian (1996). The Sounds of the World's Languages. Oxford: Blackwell. ISBN 0-631-19815-6.
  • Nahhas, Ramzi W. (2007) Sociolinguistic Survey of Mpi in Thailand. SIL International
  • Sittichai, Sah-iam (1984). Phrases and clauses in the Mpi language at Ban Dong, Phrae Province. Bangkok: Mahidol University MA thesis.
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