Siloid | |
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Geographic distribution | Northern Laos and Indochina |
Ethnicity | Si La people |
Linguistic classification | Sino-Tibetan |
Language codes | |
Glottolog | sila1251 |
The Siloid languages belong to the Southern Loloish (Hanoish) branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family. The Siloid branch was first proposed by Hsiu (2016).[1]
Most Siloid languages are spoken in Phongsaly Province, northern Laos, with smaller numbers of speakers living in China (Yunnan) and Vietnam (Lai Châu Province).