Yiche (Yicyu; ) is a Hanoish language spoken by 23,000 people in Honghe County, Yunnan, China (Lan 2009:11).
Distribution Yiche is spoken in the following locations of Honghe County, Yunnan, China (Lan 2009:11). Dayangjie Township 大羊街乡 Langdu Village 浪堵村, Langdi Township 浪堤乡 Hadie Village 哈垤村, Chegu Township 车古乡
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).
Classification Yiche is a Hani language (fangyan 方言) that belongs to the Langza 浪杂 dialect cluster (tuyu 土语) of Honghe County.Lan (2009:14), quoted from Dai Qingxia (1995). Haniyu gailun 哈尼语概论, pp.176, 187.
Vocabulary The following Yiche words are transcribed by Lan (2009) in pinyin. (Note: ss is equivalent to IPA [z].)
English glossChinese glossPinyinPage rabbit兔tola, li110 dragon龙long110 snake蛇sei110 horse马meng110 sheep羊aci, yo110 monkey猴joniu, niu110 chicken鸡aha, ha110 dog狗aku, ke110 pig猪a'ang, ang110 ant蚂蚁ahu, hu110 cattle牛aniu, niu110 tiger虎haza, la110 sticky rice糯米honio110 eat吃zha110 one一qi18 household户wo19 person, human人co19 husband丈夫niuse ada19 wife妻子niuse ama19 child孩子ssa22 home家yuji, yu25 small house小屋nimssang37 liquor酒aba57 drink喝do57
References
Lan Qing [澜清]. 2009. Fertility: The kinship of China Yicyu [丰饶：哈尼族奕车人的亲属关系]. Yunnan People's Press [云南人民出版社].