Mpi language

Mpi
Kaw
Spoken in	Thailand, perhaps China
Ethnicity	1500
Native speakers	900  (no date)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Lolo–Burmese Loloish Southern Loloish Phunoi Mpi
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mpz

Mpi is a Loloish language of Thailand. The number of speakers is in decline.

Phonology

Mpi has six tones and two phonations in its vowels, modal voice and stiff voice:

Tone	Modal voice	Stiff voice
Low	sì 'blood'	sì̬ 'seven'
Low rising	si᷅ 'putrid'	si̬᷅ 'dried up'
Mid	sī (a color)	sī̬ (a classifier)
Mid rising	sǐ 'to roll'	sǐ̬ 'to smoke'
High	sí 'four'	sí̬ (a name)
High rising	si᷄ 'to die'	si̬᷄ (a name)

References

Ladefoged, Peter; Maddieson, Ian (1996). The Sounds of the World's Languages. Oxford: Blackwell. ISBN 0-631-19814-8.