Yin.
/iː/ The name of a minority nationality in China, distributed over Yunnan, Sichuan, and Guizhou; = Lolo n.1 Also, the language of this people. Also attributive or as adj.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > the Chinese > [adjective] > parts of
Formosan1650
Manchu1736
Yunnanese1849
Macanese1852
Yarkandi1854
Lisu1896
Szechuanese1918
Hunanese1937
Taiwanese1942
Yi1960
the mind > language > languages of the world > Sino-Tibetan > [adjective] > of Chinese > of dialects of
Hokkien1832
Amoy1844
Cantonese1857
Hakka1881
Wu1908
Szechuanese1918
wenyan1936
Hunanese1937
Gan1943
Min1959
Yi1960
Teochew1970
yüeh1978
the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > the Chinese > [noun] > native or inhabitant of China > parts of
Formosan1707
Yarkandi1841
Yunnanese1849
Macanese1852
Manchurian1855
Cantonese1857
Pekingese1860
Khotanese1882
Teochew1893
Lisu1896
Lahu1900
Shanghailander1917
Szechuanese1918
Hunanese1937
Taiwanese1942
Yi1960
Shanghainese1964
the mind > language > languages of the world > Sino-Tibetan > [noun] > Tibeto-Burman > Burmic > Kachin or Rawang > Lolo
Lolo1933
Yi1960
1960 Chang-tu Hu et al. China v. 66 The Yi (Lolo) are located principally in the Liang Shan area on the borders of Szechwan and Yunnan.
1962 E. Snow Other Side of River (1963) lxxviii. 596 Some of the Yi people in Yunnan planted grain as the American Indians did.
1968 Encycl. Brit. V. 567/2 The Tibeto-Burman branch of the Tibeto-Chinese language family falls into three groups: the Tibetan, the Yi (formerly called Lolo) and the Kachin.
1974 Encycl. Brit. Micropædia X. 818/3 The traditional Yi culture includes a primitive hoe-using agriculture, livestock herding, and hunting.
1978 Nagel's Encycl.-guide: China (ed. 3) 65 The Tibeto-Burmese group includes Tibetan, Yi (or Lolo), Hani and Tujia.
1979 China Now Mar.–Apr. 16/1 The Yi people, like many peasant societies, still want lots of children.
1984 National Geographic Mar. 290/2 These people number about 750,000 and belong to the larger group of five million Yi scattered over a wider area.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2018).
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