Sani ( Bai Lolo, Bai Yi, Sa'nguie, Sanie, Sanyie, Shanie, Shaniepu, White Yi ) is the Loloy language spoken in the southwest of Fumin County; in the Xishan district of Kunming municipality in the north of Annin County, Yunnan Province in China.
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| Country | China |
| Regions | Yunnan |
| Total number of speakers | 8000 (2007) |
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| Writing | see Writing and |
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| ISO 639-1 | - |
| ISO 639-2 | - |
| ISO 639-3 | ysy |
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Dialects
Bradley (2005) reports significant variations in the Sani language, and briefly compares the following 6 dialects:
- East : Zhaozong 昭宗 (also in Huahongyuan and Yuhua)
- North : Qinghe 清河
- Northeast : Gulu 古 律
- Northwest : Lomian 罗 免
- Southeast : Chejabi 车 家 壁 (also in Shiju)
- Southwest : Touji 妥 吉
Distribution
Sled is spoken in 76 villages, 3 of which speak mixed with us (Bradley, 2005). 58 of these villages are in Xishan District, 13 are located in the southwest of Fumin County, and 5 in the northwest of Anning County.
- Fumin County
- Yundin Town: 11 villages (1,121 people)
- Qinghe Village Cluster: 5 villages
- Vayao Village Cluster: 6 villages (some very close to counties)
- Village clusters Mailongqing, Mailong, Dain Town 大 营镇: 160 people
- Yundin Town: 11 villages (1,121 people)
- Xishan District (main sleigh area)
- Gulu Town 古 律 彝族 白族 乡: 29 villages (3390 sledges, <3000 sled speakers)
- Gulu Village Cluster: 7 villages (868 sleds)
- Village Cluster Home: 6 villages (1,442 sleds)
- Lemu Village Cluster: 3 villages (in one sled carriers mixed with nasu carriers)
- Topai Village Cluster: 8 villages (394 sleds)
- Tuanjie Town 团结 彝族 白族 乡
- Damei Village Cluster: 3 villages (2,322 sleds)
- Dasin Village Cluster: 7 villages (1936 sleds)
- Luntan Village Cluster: 1 village (585 sleds)
- Touji Village Cluster: 6 villages (1042 sleds)
- Huahongyuan Village Cluster: 1 village (658 sledges and 238 han); language is endangered
- Qitai Village Cluster: 3 villages (2126 sleds)
- Yuhua Village Cluster: 3 villages (1,762 sleds)
- Hailinpu town
- Zhaozong Village Cluster: 3 villages (754 sledges, 195 households), which are Zhaojun Dakun, Zhaojun Xiaokun, and Hen.
- Matsze town
- Shizuy Village
- Biji Town: 176 people
- Chejabi Village: 750 people and
- Gulu Town 古 律 彝族 白族 乡: 29 villages (3390 sledges, <3000 sled speakers)
- Anning County: 5 villages (317 sleighs, <300 sleigh-speaking)
- Zhaojiazhuang Village Cluster, Qinglong Town: 4 villages; the language is similar to Lujie; south of the town of Gulu
- Houshanlan Village Cluster: 1 village (153 people) is called Qingmenkou
Links
- Sled at Ethnologue