Samei language

Samei
Samei
Native to	China
Ethnicity	Yi
Native speakers	20,000 (2007)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman Lolo-Burmese Loloish Southeastern Sani–Azha Samei; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	smh
Glottolog	same1240
ELP	Samei

Samei (autonym: sa21 ni53) is a Loloish language of Yunnan, China closely related to Sani. It is spoken in 47 villages in and around Ala Township 阿拉彝族乡, located in eastern Guandu District just southeast of downtown Kunming, as well as in 7 villages in western Yiliang County (Ethnologue). There are about 20,000 speakers out of an estimated 28,000 ethnic population.

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