The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.
SIL code: LOY
ISO 639-2: sit
| Population | 26,000 (1998). |
| Region | Dhawalagiri Zone, Dolpa, Mustang districts, north central. |
| Alternate names | LOYU, LOBA, MUSTANG, LO MONTANG |
| Dialects | LO, SEKE. |
| Classification | Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Himalayish, Tibeto-Kanauri, Tibetic, Tibetan, Central. |
| Comments | Lo dialect has 78% lexical similarity with Baragaunle and Dolpo; 68% with Olungchung Gola, Kyerung, and Lhomi; 65% with Lhasa Tibetan and Kutang Bhotia; 63% with Helambu Sherpa; 62% with Jirel and Sherpa. The inhabitants of Lo are called 'Lopa'. Their capital is Manthang, called Mustang by outsiders. Manthang has 200 houses, many gombas, and a Nepali medium school up to grade ten. Distinct from Lhoba in China and India, a Mirish language. Investigation needed: intelligibility with Baragaunle. Salt traders, agriculturalists, pastoralists. Buddhist. |
