Northern Loloish | |
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Northern Ngwi Nisoid | |
Geographic distribution | Southern China, Vietnam |
Ethnicity | Yi |
Linguistic classification | Sino-Tibetan |
Language codes | |
Glottolog | niso1234 |
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.