? As a branch of the Sino-Tibetan Yi language family, the national Yi language is divided into six dialect areas. According to the geographical division, Wenshan Yi language belongs to the southeast dialect. However, this regional language division is only a general division, which is not completely accurate. In fact, due to the frequent migration and convection of Yi people between tribes and regions in history, it is very common for languages to cross each other between regions. Between regions and branches, there are often you and me, you and him, and he and you. Some branches claim to be different, but the language is roughly the same; And some branches claim to be the same, but the language is difficult to communicate. For example, the Axi dialect in Yanshan and Wenshan is difficult to communicate with the Axi dialect in Guangnan, Qiubei and Maitreya. Axi dialect in Wenshan and Yanshan is basically the same as the black Yi language in Qiubei. The black Yi language in Qiubei is quite different from that in Guangnan and Funing. This kind of situation can be seen almost everywhere in the Yi areas of the country, so the division of the six major dialect areas of the Yi people is only general.

? Like other Yi areas in China, there are many Yi branches in Wenshan, and the situation of secondary language and local language is complicated. According to the general survey, among the seven branches calling themselves Aza, Jiuke, Bowa, Tulapa, Polo and Ji Meng, among the 605 words, 362 are all the same or have language equivalents, accounting for 59.8% of the total. Comparing Tulapa dialect with Powa dialect, among the 1080 words, 633 words are all the same or have language correspondence, accounting for 58.6% of the total. Comparing Tulapa dialect with Ji Meng dialect, among 1085 words, 625 words are the same or have language correspondence, accounting for 57.6% of the total. Compared with Tulapa dialect, 1072 words, 579 words are all the same or have language correspondence, accounting for 54%. Languages are basically the same or similar, generally related to regions, but mainly caused by long-term isolation in history.

Others have something to do with ethnic branches, that is, the same branch in the same place, because it claims to be different, so it is difficult to talk; And the same branch company claims to have many difficult calls in different places. Only 30% of the people in Jiuri Branch of Zhuili Street Town in wenshan city and Azazhi of Dongshan Township, which are close to each other, have the same or similar language and can hardly speak. However, branches living in different areas who claim to be the same, although far apart, rarely communicate, but most of them can talk except for a few cases where they can't talk. Nevertheless, the grammar of Yi languages in different places is completely consistent, and the subject and object refer to sequence structure. Most language structures are contrary to the subject-predicate-object structure in Chinese, such as "he chi" in Chinese and "he chi" in Yi language. It is easy to say "go" in Chinese; It is easy to say "riding" in Chinese. China people say "What are you doing today", but Yi says "What are you doing today"? And so on.

Attributive, adverbial and complement components in different places and branches of Yi language are basically the same. However, when words such as "bu", "bu" and "bie" in adverb structure are used together with directional verbs, willing verbs and qualitative adjectives, there are certain differences in Yi language in different places and branches. For hundreds of years, especially in the last hundred years, with the increasing number of mixed marriages of various ethnic groups and the continuous development of culture and education in China, more and more Yi people in various regions use Chinese. Except for a few remote mountainous areas, Yi people around dam areas, traffic arteries and market towns are increasingly stopping using their own languages.