Lipo language

Lipo
	Lolopo, Lolongo
Native to	China
Ethnicity	Lisu
Native speakers	250,000 (2007)[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Lolo–Burmese Loloish Lisoish Lipo–Lolopo Lipo; ; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Pollard script
Language codes
ISO 639-3	lpo
Glottolog	lipo1242

Lipo (autonym: li55 pʰɔ21; Chinese: 里泼), or Eastern Lisu, is a language of the Lisu people of China, similar to but not intelligible with Lisu proper. Some Lipo are classified by the government as Lisu, others as Yi. In some areas, the people prefer the name Lolopo or Lolongo.

Some Lipo (Lipa 利帕) speakers in Eryuan and Yongsheng counties are also referred to as Tujia (土家) (Yunnan 1956:19-20).[2]

References

Lipo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Yunnan provincial ethnic classification research unit [云南省民族识别研究组]. 1956. Preliminary summary of ethnic classifications in Yunnan province: no. 1, 2 [云南省民族识别研究第一、二阶段初步总结]. Beijing: Central University for Nationalities Research Institute 中央民族学院.

External links

A 283 word list recording in Kaipuleohone

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[e18-1] Lipo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

[2] Yunnan provincial ethnic classification research unit [云南省民族识别研究组]. 1956. Preliminary summary of ethnic classifications in Yunnan province: no. 1, 2 [云南省民族识别研究第一、二阶段初步总结]. Beijing: Central University for Nationalities Research Institute 中央民族学院.