| Yiche | |
| Nativename: | Yicyu |
| Pronunciation: | pronounced as /ji tsʰju/ |
| States: | China |
| Region: | Honghe County |
| Ethnicity: | Hani |
| Speakers: | 23,000 |
| Date: | 2009 |
| Ref: | [1] |
| Familycolor: | Sino-Tibetan |
| Fam2: | (Tibeto-Burman) |
| Fam3: | Lolo–Burmese |
| Fam4: | Loloish |
| Fam5: | Southern |
| Fam6: | Hani |
| Iso3: | none |
| Glotto: | none |
Yiche (Yicyu;) is a Hanoish language spoken by 23,000 people in Honghe County, Yunnan, China (Lan 2009:11).
Yiche is spoken in the following locations of Honghe County, Yunnan, China (Lan 2009:11).
The Yiche claim that their ancestors had migrated from a village along the shores of Dian Lake near Kunming, and moved south and crossed the Red River (Honghe) after being defeated by other ethnic groups (Lan 2009:3).
Yiche is a Hani language (fangyan 方言) that belongs to the Langza 浪杂 dialect cluster (tuyu 土语) of Honghe County.[4]
The following Yiche words are transcribed by Lan (2009) in pinyin. (Note: ss is equivalent to IPA [z].)
| English gloss | Chinese gloss | Pinyin | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rabbit | 兔 | tola, li | 110 | |
| dragon | 龙 | long | 110 | |
| snake | 蛇 | sei | 110 | |
| horse | 马 | meng | 110 | |
| sheep | 羊 | aci, yo | 110 | |
| monkey | 猴 | joniu, niu | 110 | |
| chicken | 鸡 | aha, ha | 110 | |
| dog | 狗 | aku, ke | 110 | |
| pig | 猪 | a'ang, ang | 110 | |
| ant | 蚂蚁 | ahu, hu | 110 | |
| cattle | 牛 | aniu, niu | 110 | |
| tiger | 虎 | haza, la | 110 | |
| sticky rice | 糯米 | honio | 110 | |
| eat | 吃 | zha | 110 | |
| one | 一 | qi | 18 | |
| household | 户 | wo | 19 | |
| person, human | 人 | co | 19 | |
| husband | 丈夫 | niuse ada | 19 | |
| wife | 妻子 | niuse ama | 19 | |
| child | 孩子 | ssa | 22 | |
| home | 家 | yuji, yu | 25 | |
| small house | 小屋 | nimssang | 37 | |
| liquor | 酒 | aba | 57 | |
| drink | 喝 | do | 57 |