Axi language

Axi
Axipo
Native to	China
Ethnicity	Yi
Native speakers	100,000 (2007)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Lolo-Burmese Loloish Southeastern Sani–Azha Axi
Language codes
ISO 639-3	yix
Glottolog	axiy1235

Axi (Chinese: 阿细 Axi; Ahi; autonym: ɑ21 ɕi55 pʰo21) is one of the Loloish languages spoken by the Yi people of China. The Axi are one of the main linguistic sub-branches of Yi, and the Axi tiaoyue is a dance of the Axi speaking Yi people accompanied by the sanhu.

Axi is spoken in Mile, Shilin, Kunming, Luxi, and Huaning counties by about 110,000 speakers.

Phonology

Axi consonants

		Labial	Alveolar	(Alveolo-) palatal	Retroflex	Velar
Nasal		m	n			ŋ
Stop	voiceless	p	t		ʈ	k
	aspirated	pʰ	tʰ		ʈʰ	kʰ
	voiced	b	d		ɖ	ɡ
Affricate	voiceless		t͡s	t͡ɕ	t͡ʂ
	aspirated		t͡sʰ	t͡ɕʰ	t͡ʂʰ
	voiced		d͡z	d͡ʑ	d͡ʐ
Fricative	voiceless	f	s	ɕ	ʂ	x
	voiced	v	z	ʑ	ʐ	ɣ
	lateral		ɬ
Lateral			l

Axi vowels

	Front	Central	Back
			unrd.	rnd.
Close	i, ḭ		ɯ, ɯ̰	u, ṵ
Mid	e, ḛ			o, o̰
Open-mid	ɛ, ɛ̰
Open		a, a̰
Syllabic consonant	ɹ̪̩, ɹ̪̰̩