Yiche language

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.

Vocabulary
The following Yiche words are transcribed by Lan (2009) in pinyin. (Note: ss is equivalent to IPA [z].)