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 .
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).
Mpi has six tones and two phonations in its vowels , modal voice and stiff voice :
Tone
Modal voice
Stiff voice
Low
sì 'blood'
sì̬ 'seven'
Low rising
si᷅ 'putrid'
si̬᷅ 'dried up'
Mid
sī (a color)
sī̬ (a classifier )
Mid rising
sǐ 'to roll'
sǐ̬ 'to smoke'
High
sí 'four'
sí̬ (a name)
High rising
si᷄ 'to die'
si̬᷄ (a name)
Official Regional
Indigenous
Minority Varieties of Chinese Creole/Mixed Extinct Sign
GX = Guangxi
HK = Hong Kong
MC = Macau
NM = Inner Mongolia
XJ = Xinjiang
XZ = Tibet
Official language Other Thais
Lao–Phutai Chiang Saen Sukhothai Northwestern
Minority by languages groups
Non-Indigenous
Sign languages
Mondzish
Loloish (Yi) (Ngwi)
Burmish
Northern
High Northern Hpon Mid Northern
Southern
Intha-Danu Nuclear Southern
Pai-lang (Proto-languages)