Sanie language
Sanie (autonym: sɑ21 ɲɛ21 or sɑ21 ŋʷɛ21) is a Loloish language of Yunnan, China. It is similar to Samataw. There were 17,320 ethnic Sanie in 1998, but only about 8,000 spoke the Sanie language fluently. The Sanie are also known as the White Yi (白彝) (Bradley 1997).
| Sanie | |
|---|---|
| Native to | China |
| Ethnicity | 17,200 Yi (2007) |
Native speakers | 8,000 (2007) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ysy |
| Glottolog | sani1265 |
| ELP | Sanie |
A Sanie pinyin orthography had also been developed recently (Bradley 2005).
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