Azhe language

Azhe (Chinese: 阿哲; Azhepo; autonym: [a21 dʐɛ22 pʰo21]) is one of the Loloish languages spoken by the Yi people of China.^[2][3]

Azhe
Pronunciation	[a˨˩dʐɛ˨pʰo˨˩]
Native to	China
Ethnicity	Yi
Native speakers	ca. 54,000 (2007)[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Lolo-Burmese Loloish Southeastern Sani–Azha Azhe
Language codes
ISO 639-3	yiz
Glottolog	azhe1235

Dialects

Wang Chengyou (王成有) (2003:210)^[4] 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.