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The Pumi language (also known as Prinmi) is a Qiangic language used by the Pumi people, an ethnic group from Yunnan, China, as well as by the Tibetan people of Muli in Sichuan, China.〔Ding, Picus S. 2003. Prinmi: a sketch of Niuwozi. In Graham Thurgood and Randy LaPolla (eds.) ''The Sino-Tibetan Languages'', pp. 588-601. London: Routledge Press.〕〔Lu, S. 2001. ''Dialectal Studies of the Pumi Language''. Beijing: Nationalities Press.〕 Most native speakers live in Lanping, Ninglang, Lijiang, Weixi and Muli. Earlier works suggest there are two branches of Pumi (southern and northern), and they are not mutually intelligible. A more refined division proposes three major groups: Western Prinmi (spoken in Lanping), Central Prinmi (spoken in southwestern Ninglang, Lijiang, Yulong and Yongsheng) and Northern Prinmi (spoken in northern Ninglang and Sichuan).〔Ding, Picus. 2014.()〕 The autonym of the Pumi is ' in Western Prinmi, ' in Central Prinmi, and ' in Northern Prinmi with variants such as ' and ''t''.〔''Pumiyu Fangyan Yanjiu'' 2001.〕〔Ding, Picus. 2014.()〕 In Muli Bonist priests read religious texts in Tibetan, which needs to be interpreted into Prinmi. An attempt to teach Pumi children to write their language using the Tibetan script has been seen in Ninglang.〔Wáng lěi and Shī Xiǎoliàng. 2011. Shínián, xiāngcūn “hánguī” zǒujìn xiànxué “pǔmǐbān”.()〕 A pinyin-based Roman script has been proposed, but is not commonly used.〔Ding, Picus. 2007.()〕 ==Dialects== Dialects of Pumi include the following (''Pumiyu Fangyan Yanjiu'' 2001). ;Southern (22,000 speakers) *Qinghua 箐花, Lanping County *Ludian 鲁甸 *Xinyingpan 新营盘, Ninglang County ;Northern (55,000 speakers) *Taoba 桃巴, Muli County *Tuoqi 拖七, Ninglang County *Zuosuo 左所 *Sanyanlong 三岩龙, Jiulong County, Sichuan 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pumi language」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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