Listed below are lesser-known ethnolinguistic groups that speak Loloish languages. Most of these groups speak languages of uncertain affiliation within Loloish, and are under-documented or undocumented.[1][2]
Hama Village 哈马,[16][17] Huangcaoling Township 黄草岭乡, Yuanyang County; Laojizhai Township 老集寨乡, Jinping County; possibly Simao Prefecture, Jiangcheng County (people also called Alu); Gnot-Ou District, Phongsali Province, Laos. Autonym of the Luowu 罗武 in Xinping County (pop. 300+ (1955); 100 households in Shuangbai County; also in Zhenyuan County): ni³³su³³pʰo³³[4]
Southern Yi, similar to Lesu; the Chesu claim that their language is not a Yi language (ISO 639-3: ych)[26]
Southern Shuangbai County, northern Xinping County. Ethnologue also lists Eshan County. Used as L2 by Hlersu speakers. Autonym: tsusu³³pa²¹[4] or tɕi²¹su⁵⁵pʰo²¹ (Jishupo 吉输颇).[27] Located mostly in Taihe Township 太和乡, with a population of over 360 as of 1955.[4] Bradley (2007) reports that it is closely related to Nasu, but is being replaced by Nisu.[28]
Mafang Village 马房,[29]Fumin County (pop. 400), Guanshanchang Village 官山场,[30] Qinglong Township 青龙镇, Anning County (pop. 200). Also known as the Yellow Yi 黄彝.[31] They consider themselves to be separate from the Depo 德颇 (pop. 6,000) of northern Yunnan and southern Sichuan, who are also called Adoupo 阿斗泼 or Dry Yi 干彝.
Nanjian County (pop. 11,000): Wanubu 瓦怒卜,[32] Baishajing 白沙井,[33] and Laojiaku 老家库[34] Villages of Xinmin Township 新民, and Ertaipo 二台坡[35] Villages, Langcang Township 浪沧乡; Weishan County (pop. 5,000): Yinchang 银厂村,[36] Qinghe 青和村,[37] Qingmin 箐民村,[38] and Wuxing 五星村[39] Villages of Qinghua Township 青华乡. The term Enipu is pejorative, as it is a term used by the Lalo that means 'water buffalo'.[40]
Southern Zhenyuan County: Tianba 田坝村,[41] Sanhe/Santai 三合村/三台村,[42] Lianhe 联合村,[43] and Minjiang 民江村[44] of Tianba Township 田坝乡. Guaigun is now extinct. Hsiu (2017) reported that Guaigun is a pejorative term given to them by other ethnic groups due to their poverty. Ethnic Guaigun people live in Xiongxing 熊姓 hamlet, Sanhe Village 三合村; Datian 大田 hamlet, Lianhe Village 联合村; and also some in Minqiang 民强.[45]
Lemo 勒墨寨,[47] Pianma Township 片马镇, 78 km (48 mi.) from Liuku Township 六库镇 (the seat of Nujiang Prefecture), along the Nujiang River. Bai dialect according to Wang Feng (2012).[48]
Wuding County: Lower Lemei Village 下乐美[60] of Chadian Township 插甸乡, and Tianxin Village 田心[61] of Gaoqiao Township 高桥镇; Maoshan Township 茂山乡, Luquan County; probably also Fumin County. It is related to but unintelligible with Sani.
Xiangyun County: Da'aonai Village 大敖奶村/大凹奈村[71] of Luming Township 鹿鸣乡; Jindan 金单村, Zhifang 支方村, and Dacang 大仓村[72] Villages of Xiazhuang Township 下庄镇; Jiangwei Village 江尾村 of Pupeng Township 普棚镇; Dongshan Township 东山乡; Dayao County (in Baiyangdi Village 白羊地村 in Sanchahe Township 三岔河乡, and in Tiesuo Township 铁锁乡) and Binchuan County
9 scattered counties of southwestern Yunnan; far-western Lüchun County. Also about 4,000 speakers in northwestern Yongsheng County (about 4,000) and a few hundred in eastern Lijiang; closely related to Lolo.[49]
Huaning County, Yuxi Prefecture: Tonghongdian Township 通红甸乡 (in Suomeizao 所梅早村[73] and Dapozuo 大婆左村[74]), Panxi Township 盘溪镇 (in and around Yide 矣得村,[75] Fagao 法高村,[76] Dayaxi 大丫喜村,[77] and Longtanying 龙潭营村[78]), Huaxi Township 华溪镇 (in and around Xishajing 西沙井村[79] and Dujiacun 独家村[80]), Qinglong Township 青龙镇 (in Shanzhi 山枝村[81] and Qize 起则村[82]), Chengjia Township 陈家乡 (on Denglou Mountain 登楼山)
Honghe Prefecture: Chegu 车古乡, Langdi 浪堤乡, and Dayangjie 大羊街乡 Townships
Yunnan (1979)[83] lists the following ethnolinguistic groups that are classified as Yi.
Mengwu 孟武 (exonym: Awu 阿武) of Xichou County. Population: 1,243 as of 1960. Yunnan (1979) lists Mengwu 孟武 twice, and in another entry lists Mengwu 孟武 of Maguan County and Xichou County with a population of 1,379. Also known as Lai (俫) (autonym; a branch of the Awu阿武, also called Mengwu孟武):[84] in Xisa 西洒镇, Xichou; Daping 大坪镇 and Nanwenhe 南温河乡 of Malipo.
Sanda 三达 of Dazhai, Sanda Township, Jinghong City (景洪市三达乡大寨). There were only 2 elderly women who remembered about 40 words. Yunnan (1979) classifies Sanda as a Yi language, but also notes that it has many words of Hani origin. The Sanda have no autonym. Population: 946 as of 1960.
Datou 达头 of Pu'er and Simao. Population: 254 as of 1960. Their traditions and festivals are similar to those of the Yi people of Weishan County.
Aciga 阿次嘎 of Lancang County. Spoken in Yakou Township 雅口乡[85] and Nanxian Township 南现乡[86] (now Nuozhadu Town 糯扎渡镇). Population: 50 as of 1960. 100 years ago, they had migrated from Niujian Mountain 牛肩山, Zhenyue County 镇越县 (now renamed as Mengla County), and had spoken a different language that is now extinct. They now speak Chinese and Yi. Aciga is an exonym, as the Aciga do not have an autonym.
A Yi language called Zhayipo 扎依颇 (dza²¹ʑi²¹pʰo²¹) is spoken in Mile County.[27]
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