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Bai, Northern

A language of China

ISO 639-3: bfc

Population	40,000 (2003).
Region	Northwest Yunnan, Nujiang, and Lanping.
Language map	Southwestern China
Alternate names	Bijang Bai
Dialects	Nujiang, Lanping.
Classification	Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Bai
Comments	Part of Bai nationality. Classification difficult because of heavy borrowing (60%–70%) from Chinese. It is considered genetically related to Chinese, or a mixed language with Chinese, or related to Yi, or an independent branch of Tibeto-Burman. Polytheist, Buddhist, Daoist.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

ALLEN, Bryan, author. 2007. "Bai dialect survey."  

ALLEN, Bryan, author; ZHANG Xia, translator. 2004. Bai dialect survey (Baiyu fangyan yanjiu).

CASTRO, Andy; FINE, Cathryn, authors. 2009. "Representing tone in Levenshtein distance."

EDMONDSON, Jerold A.; ESLING, John H.; HARRIS, Jimmy G.; LI Shaoni; ZIWO, Lama, authors. 2001. "The aryepiglottic folds and voice quality in the Yi and Bai languages: laryngoscopic case studies."