Mijisa
Language Profile
TOTAL SPEAKERS
Similar with other dialects of Tujia Language, so far there is not a clear number of speakers
of Mijisa. However, it is believed to be less than 3,000.
of Mijisa. However, it is believed to be less than 3,000.
USAGE BY COUNTRY (OFFICIAL LANGUAGE)
Mijisa is only used in ChinaBACKGROUND
Mijisa is a kind of dialect of Tujia Language(土家语in Chinese), which is an endangered language in southern China.Most of the native speakers of Mijisa lives in Baojing, a small county in Hunan Province. A linguist called Qingxia Dai (戴庆厦in Chinese)and his student Jing Tian (田静in Chinese)have ever gone to Xianren, a village in Baojing County, to study Mijisa. As a result, they published a monograph focusing on Mijisa in 2005.