Northern Loloish languages

Northern Loloish
Northern Ngwi
Nisoid
Geographic
distribution
Southern China, Vietnam
EthnicityYi
Linguistic classificationSino-Tibetan
Language codes
Glottologniso1234

The Northern Loloish languages, also known as Northern Ngwi, are a branch of the Loloish languages that includes the literary standard of the Yi people. In Lama's (2012) classification, it is called Nisoid (Nisu–Lope), which forms the Nisoish branch together with the Axi-Puoid (Southeastern Loloish) languages.