Micha language

Micha
Micha
Michie
Central Yi
Native to	China
Region	Yunnan
Ethnicity	>1,000 (1999) to 50,000 Yi (2007)
Native speakers	30,000 (2007); (assuming an ethnic population of 50,000)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Lolo–Burmese Loloish Lisoish Lisu–Lalo ? Micha Micha; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	yiq
Glottolog	miqi1235
ELP	Miqie Yi

Micha, or Miqie (Chinese: 密察语; pinyin: Mìcháyǔ; autonym: mi˥tɕʰe˨˩ pʰo˨˩^[3]), is a Loloish language of Yunnan. Its usage is declining.

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Micha (mi55 tɕʰi21 or mi55 tɕʰe21) is most closely related to Lipo, Lolopo, and Lisu.^[4]

The autonym mi13 sɑ21 pɑ21^[5] is used by Lalo speakers, and should not be confused with Micha.

Micha is spoken by about 9,000 persons in north-central Yunnan, in Wuding County, Luquan County, and Fumin County.^[4]

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)^[6] and Santaishan (三台山),^[7] southeast of Dali.

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[1]
"Micha" (PDF). Asia Harvest. Retrieved 2021-11-03.
[2]
Micha at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
[3]
Yunnan Province Ethnic Minority Languages Gazetteer (云南省志：少数民族语言文字志) (1997), p.30
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Gao 2014
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Yunnan Province Ethnic Minority Languages Gazetteer (云南省志：少数民族语言文字志) (1997), p.57
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"Nánjiàn Yízú Zìzhìxiàn Bǎohuá Zhèn Yúnhuá Cūnwěihuì Ālǐwù" 南涧彝族自治县宝华镇云华村委会阿里勿 [Aliwu, Yunhua Village Committee, Baohua Town, Nanjian Yi Autonomous County]. ynszxc.gov.cn (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2014-12-19.
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"Nánjiàn Yízú Zìzhìxiàn Nánjiàn Zhèn Bǎo'ān Cūnwěihuì Sāntáishān" 南涧彝族自治县南涧镇保安村委会三台山 [Santaishan, Baoan Village Committee, Nanjian Town, Nanjian Yi Autonomous County]. ynszxc.gov.cn (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2014-12-19. Retrieved 2014-12-07.

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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. "Assessing the Linguistic Vitality of Miqie: An Endangered Ngwi (Loloish) Language of Yunnan, China." Language Documentation & Conservation 9. 164-191.
Gao, Katie B. 2017. 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].

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An open access collection of Micha recordings are available through Kaipuleohone.

[1] [1]
"Micha" (PDF). Asia Harvest. Retrieved 2021-11-03.

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Micha at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[3] [3]
Yunnan Province Ethnic Minority Languages Gazetteer (云南省志：少数民族语言文字志) (1997), p.30

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Gao 2014

[5] [5]
Yunnan Province Ethnic Minority Languages Gazetteer (云南省志：少数民族语言文字志) (1997), p.57

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"Nánjiàn Yízú Zìzhìxiàn Bǎohuá Zhèn Yúnhuá Cūnwěihuì Ālǐwù" 南涧彝族自治县宝华镇云华村委会阿里勿 [Aliwu, Yunhua Village Committee, Baohua Town, Nanjian Yi Autonomous County]. ynszxc.gov.cn (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2014-12-19.

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"Nánjiàn Yízú Zìzhìxiàn Nánjiàn Zhèn Bǎo'ān Cūnwěihuì Sāntáishān" 南涧彝族自治县南涧镇保安村委会三台山 [Santaishan, Baoan Village Committee, Nanjian Town, Nanjian Yi Autonomous County]. ynszxc.gov.cn (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2014-12-19. Retrieved 2014-12-07.

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