Lisoish languages

The Lisoish languages are a branch of the Loloish languages proposed by Ziwo Lama (2012) that includes Lisu and several of the Yi languages. David Bradley (1997)[1] considers Lisoish languages to be part of the Central Loloish branch.

Lisoish
Central Loloish
Geographic
distribution		Southern China, Vietnam
Linguistic classificationSino-Tibetan
Glottologliso1234

Languages and classifications

Lama (2012)
 Lisoish 
 

Lipo, Lolopo, Hlersu (Shansu)

 
 
 

Toloza (Tanglang)

 
 
 

Lisu

 
 

Lalo (Laluba), Lavu (+ other Taloid languages)

 
 
 
 

David Bradley (2007)[2] considers Lisu, Lipo, and Lamu to form a Lisoid subgroup.

Other Lisoish languages are:

The following two of the six Yi languages (fangyan 方言) officially recognized by the Chinese government belong to Lama's Lisoish clade. (The remaining four are Nisoish.)

  • Western Yi (Lalo 腊罗)
  • Central Yi (Lolopo 倮倮泼)

Names for Lolopo varieties include Enipu 厄尼蒲, Qiangyi 羌夷, Tuzu 土族, and Xiangtang 香堂.[3]

Chen (2010)

Chen (2010) lists the following dialects for "Lolo" (倮倮) languages, which corresponds to Lama's (2012) Lisoish clade. The position of Lisu is not addressed. Also listed are the counties where each respective dialect is spoken.

Lolo 倮倮方言
  • Lolo, Luóluó 倮倮次方言 (lo̠21lo̠33pʰo21): 600,000 speakers in all counties of Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture
  • Lalu, Làlǔ 腊鲁次方言
    • Lalu, Làlǔ 腊鲁 (la21lu̠33pa21): 250,000 speakers in Dali, Weishan, Midu, Yongping, Baoshan, etc.
    • Lalo, Làluó 腊罗 (la21lo̠21ɣɑ55ly55): 250,000 speakers in Dali, Weishan, Yunxian, Changning, Nanjian, Lincang, Shuangjiang, Midu, Jingdong, Jinggu, etc.
  • Lipo, Lǐpō 里泼次方言
    • Lipo, Lǐpō 里泼 (li33pʰo21): 200,000 speakers in Luquan, Wuding, Yongsheng, Huaping, etc.
    • Lavu, Lāwù 拉务 (la21u21): 50,000 speakers in Yongsheng
    • Talu, Tǎlǔ 塔鲁 (tʰa21lu55): 50,000 speakers in Yongsheng, Huaping, etc.
    • Toloza, Tánglángràng 堂郎让 (tʰo33lo33za33): 2,000+ speakers in Tai'an Township, Lijiang County

Other languages
See also: Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture § Yi people
See also: Wuding County § Languages

The Chuxiong Prefecture Ethnic Gazetteer (2013:364)[4] lists the following cognate percentages between Lolopo 罗罗濮 and other Yi languages in Chuxiong Prefecture.

  • Ache 阿车: 74.86% (211/282)
  • Chesu 车苏: 55% (155/282)
  • Luowu 罗武: 75.89% (214/282)
  • Shansu 山苏: 78.4% (221/282)
  • Lipo 里濮: 93.36% (253/271)

Yang, et al. (2017)[5] lists the following languages as part of the Taloid branch, whose speakers are descendants of soldiers sent by the Nanzhao Kingdom from the Dali region to be stationed in northwestern Yunnan. Taloid languages are most closely related to Lalo, Lolopo, and Lipo, all of which share the lexical innovation a¹toL for 'fire'. They are spoken primarily in Yongsheng County and Heqing County. Popei 泼佩 is spoken in Huaping County, while Gomotage is spoken in Eryuan County.

Tazhi of Puwei Township 普威镇, northern Miyi County 米易县, Sichuan may also be a Taloid language.

Cathryn Yang (2010:7)[6] also suggests that Wotizo (wɔ21 ti33 zɔ21) of Midu County may probably be related to Lolo (Lolopo).

Cathryn Yang (2010)[6] lists the following 4 languages as peripheral Lalo languages. Hsiu (2017)[7] suggests that Alu is also likely a peripheral Lalo language.

Bradley (2007) reports the moribund language Samatu as a Laloid language.

Tulao (土老) of Jinping County (spoken in the 2 villages of Yugadi 鱼嘎底,[8] Xinzhai Village 新寨村, Mengqiao Township 勐桥乡; and Laowangzhai 老王寨,[9] Qingjiao Village 箐脚村, Dazhai Township 大寨乡) may fit in the Lisoish branch, although this is uncertain due to lack of data.[7]

Other languages that may be Lisoish include (see also List of lesser-known Loloish languages):

  • Gaiji 改积 of central Yun County
  • Gaisu, Western 改苏(西) (Luoren) of northeastern Yongde County
  • Gepo, Western 葛泼(西) of Liuhe Township 六合彝族乡, Heqing County
  • Pengzi 棚子 of Wumulong Township 乌木龙彝族乡 (and possibly also Mengban Township 勐板乡), Yongde County
  • Suan 蒜 of Wumulong Township 乌木龙彝族乡 and Mengban Township 勐板乡, Yongde County
  • Western Samadu 撒马堵(西) of Zhenkang County (pop. 6,000), Yongde County (pop. 1,500)

Lolopo varieties:

Below are autonyms of Central Yi (彝语中部方言) speakers as listed in the Yunnan Province Ethnic Minority Languages Gazetteer (1997) (云南省志：少数民族语言文字志; p. 57):

Innovations

Lama (2012) lists the following sound changes from Proto-Loloish as Lisoish innovations.

  • *m- > zero
  • *m- > p-

References
  1. Bradley, David (1997). "Tibeto-Burman languages and classification Archived 2017-10-11 at the Wayback Machine". In Tibeto-Burman languages of the Himalayas, Papers in South East Asian linguistics. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
  2. Bradley, David. 2007. East and Southeast Asia. In Moseley, Christopher (ed.), Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, 349-424. London & New York: Routledge.
  3. Yang, Cathryn. 2011. Assessment of the Lolo languages: Current understanding and recommended next steps. m.s.
  4. 楚雄彝族自治州民族事务委员会编. 2013. 楚雄彝族自治州民族志. 云南民族出版社.
  5. Yang, Cathryn; Kwok Wailing 范秀琳 Zhou Decai 周德才; Yang Wenjing 杨文静. 2017. The Taloid Cluster of Northwestern Yunnan: Loyal Soldiers of the Nanzhao Kingdom / 滇西北彝语他留土群：忠诚的南诏战士. Presented at ICSTLL 50, Beijing, China.
  6. Yang, Cathryn. 2010. Lalo regional varieties: Phylogeny, dialectometry, and sociolinguistics. Melbourne: La Trobe University PhD dissertation. http://arrow.latrobe.edu.au:8080/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.9/153015.
  7. Hsiu, Andrew. 2017. The Lawu languages: footprints along the Red River valley corridor. doi:10.5281/zenodo.1249178
  8. http://www.ynszxc.net/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=189028
  9. http://www.ynszxc.net/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=188477
  10. "永仁县永定镇太平地村委会太平地村委会骂池村". ynszxc.net. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
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