Lolopo language

Lolopo is a Loloish language spoken by half a million Yi people of China. Chinese speakers call it Central Yi, as the name Lolopo does not exist in Chinese. It is one of the six Yi languages recognized by the government of China.

Distribution

The Lolo language is mainly spoken in central Yunnan. It is also spoken in Laos.
In Laos, Lolo is spoken in three villages of Phongsaly Province. An alternative spelling of Lolopo is Lolopho.

Lolo speakers are referred to by a variety of exonyms. Below is a list of exonyms followed by their respective autonyms and demographics.

Mili: '. Also called Alie.
Enipu 厄尼蒲 : '. Spoken by nearly 20,000 people in Weishan County and Nanjian County
Tu 土 : '
Qiangyi 羌夷: '
Eastern Lalu: '. The Xinping dialect is documented in Wang. In Xinping County, there are about 3,000 ethnic "Lalu" in Malutang 马鹿塘 and Mowei 磨味 villages, located in Jianxing Township 建兴乡.
Lolo : '
Xiangtang 香堂. Widespread distribution in Jinggu, Zhenyuan, Pu'er, Jiangcheng, Mengla, Jinghong, and Zhenkang counties, with perhaps under 80,000 speakers.
Lolo : '
Lolo : '
Wotizo: ''''
Classification

Yang proposes this tentative internal classification of Lolo.

The Chuxiong Prefecture Ethnic Gazetteer lists the following cognacy percentages between Lolopo 罗罗濮 and other Yi languages in Chuxiong Prefecture.

There is distinction between tight-throat vowels and lax-throat vowels.

Sounds are pronounced as syllabic consonants when following alveolar sibilants, and as when following in a low tone syllable.
Sounds are heard as syllabic consonants when following alveolar sibilants.
Sounds are heard as central sounds when following alveolar consonants.
is heard as open-mid following alveolar plosives, a palatal fricative, and within palatalized diphthongs.
Tones