List of lesser-known Loloish languages


Listed below are lesser-known ethnolinguistic groups that speak Loloish languages. Most of these groups speak languages of uncertain affiliation within Loloish, and are under-documented or undocumented.

List of languages and ethnic groups

Yunnan lists the following ethnolinguistic groups that are classified as Yi.
  • Mengwu 孟武 of Xichou County. Population: 1,243 as of 1960. Yunnan lists Mengwu 孟武 twice, and in another entry lists Mengwu 孟武 of Maguan County and Xichou County with a population of 1,379. Also known as Lai : in Xisa 西洒镇, Xichou; Daping 大坪镇 and Nanwenhe 南温河乡 of Malipo.
  • Sanda 三达 of Dazhai, Sanda Township, Jinghong City. There were only 2 elderly women who remembered about 40 words. Yunnan classifies Sanda as a Yi language, but also notes that it has many words of Hani origin. The Sanda have no autonym. Population: 946 as of 1960.
  • Datou 达头 of Pu'er and Simao. Population: 254 as of 1960. Their traditions and festivals are similar to those of the Yi people of Yi and Hui Autonomous County|Weishan County].
  • Aciga 阿次嘎 of Lancang County. Spoken in Yakou Township 雅口乡 and Nanxian Township 南现乡. Population: 50 as of 1960. 100 years ago, they had migrated from Niujian Mountain 牛肩山, Zhenyue County 镇越县, and had spoken a different language that is now extinct. They now speak Chinese and Yi. Aciga is an exonym, as the Aciga do not have an autonym.
A Yi language called Zhayipo 扎依颇 is spoken in Mile County.
Lewu of Jingdong Yi Autonomous County, Yunnan is an extinct Loloish language.