Lawu language

Lawu
Pronunciationla21 wu21
Native toChina
RegionYunnan
Native speakers
50 (2012)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3lwu
Glottologlawu1238

Lawu (autonym: la21 wu21)[2] is a highly endangered unclassified Loloish language of Yunnan, China. It has about 50 elderly speakers in Jiuha village 旧哈村,[3] Shuitang district 水塘镇, Xinping County, Yuxi Prefecture, Yunnan Province. There are possibly also some speakers in Jiujia District 九甲乡, Zhenyuan County, Pu'er Prefecture, Yunnan Province.[2] Lawu speakers are currently classified by the Chinese government as Lahu, but were formerly classified as Yi.

  1. ^ Lawu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ a b Yang (2011) (ISO 639-3 documentation)
  3. ^ "新平县水塘镇旧哈村民委员会". ynszxc.gov.cn. Retrieved 2017-12-30.