Family of fifty to a hundred Sino-Tibetan languages
"Ngwi languages" redirects here. Not to be confused with Ngwii language.
Loloish
Yi, Ngwi, Nisoic
Ethnicity
Yi people
Geographic distribution
Southern China and Southeast Asia
Linguistic classification
Sino-Tibetan
Tibeto-Burman
Lolo-Burmese
Loloish
Proto-language
Proto-Loloish
Subdivisions
Hanoish (Southern)
Lahoish
?Naxish
Nusoish
Kazhuoish
Lisoish (Central)
Nisoish (Northern and Southeastern)
?’Ugong
(?) Lawoish
(?) Jino
Glottolog
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The Loloish languages, also known as Yi and occasionally Ngwi[1] or Nisoic,[2] are a family of fifty to a hundred Sino-Tibetan languages spoken primarily in Yunnan province of China. They are most closely related to Burmese and its relatives. Both the Loloish and Burmish branches are well defined, as is their superior node, Lolo-Burmese. However, subclassification is more contentious.
SIL Ethnologue (2013 edition) estimated a total number of 9 million native speakers of Loloish ("Ngwi") languages, the largest group being the speakers of Nuosu (Northern Yi) at 2 million speakers (2000 PRC census).[a]
^Bradley 1997.
^Lama 2012.
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