Loloish languages, also known as Yi (like the Yi people) and occasionally Ngwi or Nisoic, are a family of fifty to a hundred Sino-Tibetan languages spoken...
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The Southern Loloish or Southern Ngwi languages, also known as the Hanoish or Hanish languages, constitute a branch of the Loloish languages that includes...
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The Central Loloish languages, also known as Central Ngwi, is a branch of Loloish languages in Bradley (1997). It is not used in Lama's (2012) classification...
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(Southeastern Loloish) languages. Two of the six Yi languages (fangyan 方言) officially recognized by the Chinese government belong to the Northern Loloish branch...
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together with the Nisoid (Nisu–Lope) (Northern Loloish) languages. Southeastern Yi is one of the six Yi languages (fangyan 方言) officially recognized by the...
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Proto-Loloish is the reconstructed ancestor of the Loloish languages. Reconstructions include those of David Bradley (1979), James Matisoff (2003), and...
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languages. In later publications, in place of Loloish, David Bradley instead uses the term Ngwi based on a conservative autonym in the Sanie language...
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The Jino language (Jinuo 基諾語; autonyms: tɕy˦no˦, ki˦ɲo˦) constitutes a pair of Loloish language varieties spoken by the Jino people of Yunnan, China. In...
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ethnolinguistic groups that speak Loloish languages. Most of these groups speak languages of uncertain affiliation within Loloish, and are under-documented or...
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The Lisoish languages are a branch of the Loloish languages proposed by Ziwo Lama (2012) that includes Lisu and several of the Yi languages. David Bradley...
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Major languages include the Loloish languages, with two million speakers in western Sichuan and northern Yunnan, the Akha language and Hani languages, with...
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The Nisoish or Yi languages, which contains both the Northern Loloish (Northern Ngwi) and Southeastern Loloish (Southeastern Ngwi) branches, are a branch...
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inscription, date from the early 12th century. The closely related Loloish languages are spoken by 9 million people in the mountains of western Sichuan...
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unintelligible varieties known as Yi, Lolo, Moso, or Noso; the six Yi languages recognized by the Chinese government hold only 25% to 50% of their vocabulary...
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Azha is one of the Loloish languages spoken by the Yi people of China. In Azha, the words for ‘goat’, ‘eat’, and ‘drink’ are innovative (Pelkey 2011:377)...
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Yi people (category Articles containing Yi-language text)
and Lào Cai provinces, in the country's north. The Yi speak various Loloish languages, closely related to Burmese. The prestige variety is Nuosu, which...
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Southern Loloish subgroup of Loloish. Loloish and the Mru languages are closely related and are grouped within Tibeto-Burman as the Lolo-Burmese languages. In...
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The Lawu languages or Lawoish languages are a proposed branch of Loloish languages. Internal classification within Loloish is uncertain. It may form a...
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languages than others. The Lisu language is closely related to the Lahu and Akha languages and is also related to Burmese, Jingphaw and Yi languages....
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Bo people (China) (category CS1 Chinese-language sources (zh))
Languages spoken by the Bo people(s) may have included: Macro-Bai languages Caijia language Longjia language Kra languages Lachi language Loloish languages...
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Nasu language, also known as the Eastern Yi language or Naisu, Luquan Yi, Wuding Yi, Guizhou Yi, Weining Yi, Guangxi Yi or Longlin Yi, is a Loloish language...
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Luma is a Southern Loloish language of northern Laos. Together with Akeu, it belongs to the Akoid (or Siloid) group of languages. Luma speakers consider...
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language, along with the closely related Kucong language, is classified as a separate branch of Loloish by Ziwo Lama (2012), but as a Central Loloish...
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of the Loloish or the Qiangic branch of Sino-Tibetan. The name "Naic" is derived from the endonym Na used by speakers of several of the languages. Lama...
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Mpi is a Loloish language of Thailand. The number of speakers is in decline. It is spoken in the following two villages in northern Thailand. Ban Dong...
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Muji or Muzi is a Loloish language cluster spoken by the Phula people of China. It is one of several such languages to go by the name Muji. Muji varieties...
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cluster of Loloish languages spoken by the Phula people of China. There are four principal varieties, which may be considered distinct languages: Phupha...
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Aluo (autonym: ɑ55 lo33 pho55; Naluo) is a Loloish language spoken by the Yi people of China. It is also known by its Nasu name (Laka, Gan Yi, Yala, Lila...
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Azhe (Chinese: 阿哲; Azhepo; autonym: [a21 dʐɛ22 pʰo21]) is one of the Loloish languages spoken by the Yi people of China. Wang Chengyou (王成有) (2003:210) lists...
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Miqie (Chinese: 密察语; pinyin: Mìcháyǔ; autonym: mi˥tɕʰe˨˩ pʰo˨˩), is a Loloish language of Yunnan. Its usage is declining. Micha (mi55 tɕʰi21 or mi55 tɕʰe21)...
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