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Lalo, Xishanba

A language of China

ISO 639-3: ywt

Population	300,000 (Xiong 1991).
Region	West Yunnan, in Weishan, Fengqing, Midu, Changning, Lincang, Yunxian, Jingdong, Jinggu, Yongde, Shidian, Nanjian, Yangbi, Zhenkang, Yunlong, Zhenyuan, Binchuan, Eryuan, and Heqing counties.
Language map	Southwestern China
Alternate names	Lalo, Lalopa, Misaba
Classification	Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Burmic, Ngwi, Central
Language use	Also use Chinese [cmn].
Comments	Classified as Yi nationality. Traditional religion.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

CASTRO, Andy; CROOK, Brian; FLAMING, Royce, authors. 2010. "A sociolinguistic survey of Kua-nsi and related Yi varieties in Heqing county, Yunnan province, China = 云南省大理白族自治州鹤庆县彝族夸恩斯支系及相关支系社会语言学方言调查 ."  

FINE, Cathryn, author. 2009. "Regional variation in Lalo: beyond east and west."  

YANG, Cathryn, author. 2011. Lalo regional varieties: Phylogeny, dialectometry, and sociolinguistics.