Gepo language
Appearance
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Native to | China |
Ethnicity | Yi |
Native speakers | 100,000 (2007)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | ygp |
Glottolog | gepo1234 |
Gepo (Köpu) is a Loloish language of Yunnan, China spoken by 100,000 people. The speakers' autonym is kɔ˨˩, while the "-po" of "Gepo" means 'people'.[2] It is spoken in 6 villages of Fumin County, eastern Luquan County, and other adjacent counties to the northeast.
References
- ^ Gepo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Bradley, David. 2005. "Sanie and language loss in China".International Journal of the Sociology of Language. Volume 2005, Issue 173, Pp. 159–176.