Azha | |
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Native to | China |
Native speakers | 53,000 (2007) [1] |
Sino-Tibetan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
aza |
Glottolog |
azha1235 |
Azha is one of the Loloish languages spoken by the Yi people of China.
In Azha, the words for ‘goat’, ‘eat’, and ‘drink’ are innovative (Pelkey 2011:377). Luojiayi Azha [2] /mɛ33 xɛ33/ ‘goat’, /la̠45/ ‘eat’, /ŋɨ33/ ‘drink’ are not derived from Proto-Ngwi *(k)-citL ‘goat’, *dza² ‘eat’, and *m-daŋ¹ ‘drink’.