Lolo languages

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The Lolo- or Yipho languages form a sub-unit of lolo-Burmese languages belonging to the Tibeto-Burman languages belong to a primary branch of the Sino Tibetan . The 30 or so Lolo languages ​​are spoken by 7 million people in southern China , Burma , Laos , Thailand and Vietnam . The largest single language is Yi with 4.2 million speakers in the Chinese provinces of Yunnan and Sichuan .

The Lolo languages ​​within Sino-Tibetan

  • Sinotibian
    • Tibeto Burmese
      • Lolo-Burmese
        • Lolo languages
        • Burmese languages

Internal classification and number of speakers

  • Lolo or Yipho
    • North Lolo (Yi)
      • Yi (4.2 million speakers, ethnically 6.5 million)
        • Central: Dayao, Nanhua
        • Guizhou: Dian-Qian, Dian Dongbei
        • Sichuan: North, South Sichuan Yi
        • Southeast: Sani, Axi = Ahi, Awu, Axhebo
        • West: Dongshan, Xishan
        • Yunnan: Shijian, Yuanjin, Exin
      • Nusu group: Nusu (9 thousand), Laghuu (1 thousand), Mantsi ("Lolo"); Samei almost †
    • Central Lolo
      • Lisu group: Lisu (Lissu, Lisaw, Lutzu, Yao Yen, Chung, Cheli, Khae) (650 thousand), Lipo (Taku Lisu, Black Lisu) (60 thousand)
      • Lahu group: Lahu (600 thousand), Lahu Shi (Kutsung) (60 thousand)
      • Jinuo (10 thousand)   dialects: Buyuan, Youle
    • South Lolo
      • Akha-Hani group: Akha (450 thousand), Hani (700 thousand); Honi (100 thousand); Biyo (100k), Kaduo (10k); Sila (20k)
      • Mahei (12 thousand)
      • Phunoi-Bisu group: Phunoi (30 thousand), Bisu (7 thousand), mpi (2 thousand), Pyen (1 thousand)
      • Phana '(5 thousand)
      • Ugong almost †
    • Laopang (55k)
    • Zauzou (2 thousand)
    • Lopi
    • Ayi

Classification and number of speakers according to the given web link.

literature

Lolo languages

  • James A. Matisoff: Lahu. In: Graham Thurgood, Randy J. LaPolla (Eds.): The Sino-Tibetan Languages. Routledge, London 2003.
  • David Bradley: Lisu. In: Graham Thurgood, Randy J. LaPolla (Eds.): The Sino-Tibetan Languages. Routledge, London 2003.
  • Inga-Lill Hansson: Akha. In: Graham Thurgood, Randy J. LaPolla (Eds.): The Sino-Tibetan Languages. Routledge, London 2003.

Tibeto Burmese

  • Christopher I. Beckwith (Ed.): Medieval Tibeto-Burman Languages. Brill, Leiden / Boston / Cologne 2002.
  • Paul K. Benedict: Sino-Tibetan. A Conspectus. Cambridge University Press, 1972.
  • Scott DeLancey: Sino-Tibetan Languages. In: Bernard Comrie (Ed.): The World's Major Languages. Oxford University Press, 1990.
  • Austin Hale: Research on Tibeto-Burman Languages. Mouton, Berlin / New York / Amsterdam 1982.
  • James A. Matisoff: Handbook of Proto-Tibeto-Burman. University of California Press 2003.
  • Anju Saxena (Ed.): Himalayan Languages. Mouton de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2004.
  • Graham Thurgood, Randy J. LaPolla (Eds.): The Sino-Tibetan Languages. Routledge, London 2003.
  • George Van Driem: Languages ​​of the Himalayas. Brill, Leiden 2001.

See also