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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Asia > China > Samei

Samei

A language of China

ISO 639-3smh

Population  20,000 (Bradley 2007). Ethnic population: 35,000.
Region  Yunnan Province, Guandu District, Kunming City, Ala and surrounding communities (47 villages); west Yiliang County (7 villages).
Classification  Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Burmic, Ngwi, Northern
Language use  Declining in some villages, vital in some.
Comments  Classified as Yi nationality. Traditional religion.