IPA Illustration of Kua’nsi

This Illustration focuses on Kua’nsi ( kʰwa 33 n̩ 21 si 33 , ISO639: ykn), a Central Ngwi (or Yi) language of the Sino-Tibetan family (Bradley 1997; Fan et al., 2017). It is spoken by approximately 5000 people in Liuhe Township (六合乡 , Liùhé Xiāng ), Heqing County (鹤庆县 , Hèqìng Xiàn ), Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China (see the map in Figure 1). Kua’nsi people refer to themselves as Kua’eshi (夸萼氏 Kuà’èshì ) in Chinese and other ethnic groups, Bai (白 Bái ) and Han (汉 Hàn ) people living in the county, call them as Baiyi people (白依人 Báiyīrén ) in Chinese because of their white traditional clothes.