Azhe language

Azhe (Chinese: 阿哲; Azhepo; autonym: ) is one of the Loloish languages spoken by the Yi people of China.

Dialects

Wang Chengyou (王成有) (2003:210) lists 3 dialects of Azhe, which are all mutually intelligible.

• Wushan 五山土语 (in Mile County 弥勒县)
• Xunjian 巡检, Mile County 弥勒县
• Hongxi 虹溪, Mile County 弥勒县
• Panxi 盘溪, Huaning County 华宁县
• Jiangbian 江边土语 (in Mile County 弥勒县)
• Qujiang 曲江土语 (in Jianshui County 建水县)

Azhe is spoken in Mile, Huaning, Kaiyuan, and Jianshui counties, with about 100,000 speakers.

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