Ayi
A language of China
| Population | 2,200 (2004). |
| Region | Northwest Yunnan, Nujiang Nu-Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, Fugong and Gongshan counties. |
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Southwestern China |
| Classification | Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Unclassified |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L2: 68%. |
| Comments | Classified as Nu nationality. Subclassification unknown, perhaps Lolo. SOV; 3-way obstruent distinction (voiced-voiceless-aspirated), voiced and voiceless nasals and liquids, inflecting. Loanwords from Chinese [cmn], Lisu [lis], Bai, Burmese [mya], and Tibetan [bod]; tonal, 4 tones. Polytheist, Christian. |
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