Axi (Chinese: 阿细 Axi; Ahi; autonym: ) 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.李勇翔 中国少数民族音乐 2006 "彝族三胡彝族三胡是彝族特有的弓弦乐器。云南彝族的两大支系"撒尼"与"阿细"人的民间乐舞"阿细跳月"常用此乐器演奏。"

Axi is spoken in Mile, Shilin, Kunming, Luxi, and Huaning counties by about 110,000 speakers.Wang Chengyou [王成有]. 2003. Yiyu Fangyan Bijiao Yanjiu [彝语方言比较研究]. Chengdu: Sichuan People's Press [四川民族出版社].

Dialects Wu (2014) divides Axi into three dialects and also provides word lists for each of the three dialects.

The Western dialect 西阿土语 (approximately 75,000 speakers) is spoken in Mile (in Xishan 西山, Dongshan 东山, Midong 弥东, Jiangbian 江边, Buqi 补七); Qiubei (some areas), Lunan, Luxi, Huaning counties, etc. The Yanshan dialect 砚阿土语 (approximately 72,000 speakers) is spoken in Yanshan, Qiubei (some areas), Wenshan counties, etc. The Kunming dialect 昆阿土语 (approximately 23,000 speakers) is spoken in Kunming (Xishan, in Shuangshao 双哨; Anning); Luquan, Wuding counties, etc.

Phonology +Axi consonantshttps://stedt.berkeley.edu/pubs_and_prods/STEDT_Monograph3_Phonological-Inv-TB.pdf Phonological inventories of Tibeto-Burman languages. Ju, Namkung, 1996, ISBN 0-944613-28-4, Page 6.LabialAlveolarAlveolo-palatalRetroflexVelarNasalPlosive/AffricatevoicelessaspiratedvoicedContinuantvoicelessvoiced +Axi vowelsFrontCentralBackunrd.rnd.Close, , , Mid, , Open-mid, Open, Syllabic consonant,

See also Axi word list (Wiktionary)

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