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BURMESE-YI
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in northern Burma and Yunnan
Synonyms:
Burmese-Yi; Lolo-Burmese
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Burmese-Yi" is a kind of...):
Tibeto-Burman; Tibeto-Burman language (a branch of the Sino-Tibetan family of languages spoken from Tibet to the Malay Peninsula)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Burmese-Yi"):
Burmese (the official language of Burma)
Loloish (languages spoken by hill tribes in northern Burma and neighboring areas)
