Lope language
Awu (Chinese: 阿务), also known as Lope (autonym: lo214 pʰɯ21[3]), is a Loloish language of China. Awu is spoken in Luxi, Mile, Luoping, and Shizong counties (Ethnologue). It is closely related to Nisu (Lama 2012).[4]
| Lope | |
|---|---|
| Awu | |
| Pronunciation | [lo̠˨˩˧phɯ̠˨˩] |
| Native to | China |
| Region | Yunnan |
Native speakers | 20,000 (2002)[1] |
Sino-Tibetan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | yiu |
| Glottolog | awuu1235[2] |
Northern Awu is a distinct language. Ethnologue lists Northern Awu and Southern Awu as dialects.
YYFC (1983)[5] documents Awu (阿乌) as spoken in Jieyupo, Shemu Village, Dongshan Township (东山公社舍木大队捷雨坡村), Mile County, Yunnan.[6]
References
- Lope at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Southern Awu (Lope)". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Yunnan Province Ethnic Minority Languages Gazetteer (云南省志：少数民族语言文字志), p.30
- Lama, Ziwo Qiu-Fuyuan (2012). Subgrouping of Nisoic (Yi) Languages. Ph.D. thesis, University of Texas at Arlington.
- YYFC (Yunnan University for Nationalities and Guiding Committee of Studying and Working on Yunnan Minority Languages 云南民族大学格云南民族语文指导工作委员会编). 1983. 云南彝语方言 词语汇编 [A Collection of Yi Dialects’ Lexicon in Yunnan] (Handwritten Mimeograph).
- http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=166794
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