Lope language

Lope
Awu
Pronunciation [lo̠˨˩˧phɯ̠˨˩]
Native to China
Region Yunnan
Native speakers
 20,000 (2002)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 yiu
Glottolog awuu1235[2]

Awu (Chinese: 阿务), also known as Lope (autonym: lo214 pʰɯ21[3]), is a Loloish language of China. Awu is spoken in Luxi, Mile, Luoping, and Shizong counties (Ethnologue). It is closely related to Nisu (Lama 2012).[4]

Northern Awu is a distinct language. Ethnologue lists Northern Awu and Southern Awu as dialects.

YYFC (1983)[5] documents Awu 阿乌 (autonym: lo²¹³pʰɯ²¹) as spoken in Jieyupo, Shemu Village, Dongshan Township (东山公社舍木大队捷雨坡村), Mile County, Yunnan.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Lope at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Awu". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. ↑ Yunnan Province Ethnic Minority Languages Gazetteer (云南省志：少数民族语言文字志), p.30
  4. ↑ Lama, Ziwo Qiu-Fuyuan (2012). Subgrouping of Nisoic (Yi) Languages. Ph.D. thesis, University of Texas at Arlington.
  5. ↑ YYFC (Yunnan University for Nationalities and Guiding Committee of Studying and Working on Yunnan Minority Languages 云南民族大学格云南民族语文指导工作委员会编). 1983. 云南彝语方言 词语汇编 [A Collection of Yi Dialects’ Lexicon in Yunnan] (Handwritten Mimeograph).
  6. ↑ http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=166794
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