Khabi language

Not to be confused with Kabiye language or Khabit language.

Khabi
Kabie
Native to	China
Region	Yunnan
Language family	Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Lolo–Burmese Loloish Southern Hani Khabi
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	khab1234

Khabi, also rendered Kabie (from Chinese: 卡别), is a Southern Loloish language of Yunnan, China. Kabie is spoken in Jiangcheng Hani and Yi Autonomous County, Mojiang Hani Autonomous County, and Lüchun County.

Khabi word lists transcribed using the Roman-based Hani orthography are provided in Minta (2013) and Luo & Minta (2016).

Distribution

Kabie (Khabi) is spoken in:

• Xiqi 西歧村, Sinanjiang Township, Mojiang County, Yunnan, China
• Cuoluo, Cuoluo Village, Daheishan Township, Lüchun County, Yunnan, China 绿春县大黑山乡撮芦村撮芦组 (or 撮洛村)
• Dadifang, Gejie Village, Jiahe Township, Jiangcheng County, Yunnan, China 江城县加禾乡隔界村大地房
• Shipingzhai, Nanwang Village, Jiahe Township, Jiangcheng County, Yunnan, China 江城县加禾乡南旺村石屏寨

References

• Luo Jiaxiang [罗家祥]; Minta Minji [敏塔敏吉]. 2012. Hanizu Kabieren wenhua diaocha yu yanjiu [哈尼族卡别人文化调查与研究]. Beijing: Ethnic Publishing House [民族出版社].
• Luo Jiaxiang [罗家祥]; Minta Minji [敏塔敏吉]. 2016. Zhongguo Mojiang Hanizu Kabieren wenhua shilu [中国墨江哈尼族卡别人文化实录]. Kunming: Yunnan People's Press [云南人民出版社]. ISBN 978-7-222-14785-0
• Minta Minji [敏塔敏吉]. 2013. Shiguang zhizhong: Mojiang Hani Kabie zhixi wenhua shizheng [时光之中:墨江哈尼族卡别支系文化实证]. Kunming: Yunnan Arts Press [云南美朮出版社]. ISBN 978-7-5489-1466-2
• You Weiqiong [尤伟琼]. 2013. Classifying ethnic groups of Yunnan [云南民族识别研究]. Beijing: Nationalities Press [民族出版社].