Naruo language
| Naluo | |
|---|---|
| Qiao-Wu Yi | |
| Native to | China |
| Ethnicity | Yi |
Native speakers | 15,000 (2007)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ylo |
| Glottolog | nalu1239 |
| ELP | Naluo |
Naluo (Laluo, Naruo, 纳罗; also Alu, Gani) is a poorly attested Loloish language spoken by the Yi people of Yunnan in China. In Chinese it is known as Qiao-Wu Yi (Qiaojia-Wuding Yi); it is spoken in Qiaojia, Wuding, Luquan, Dongchuan, and Yuanmou counties, small numbers in Huize County, and parts of Qujing Prefecture.
Demographics
According to David Bradley (2004),[2] Naluo (Naruo, Laluo, Naru, Shuitian 水田, Shui Yi 水彝 (used in Yunnan)) is spoken by about 15,000 people mostly in eastern Yongsheng County and southern Huaping County, Yunnan, as well as in Pingjiang and Futian townships, western Panzhihua City, Sichuan. Naluo is moribund or extinct in Sichuan, and endangered in Yunnan.
References
- ^ Naluo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Bradley, David. 2004. Endangered Central Ngwi Languages of Central Yunnan. Keynote Presentation, 37th International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics, Lund University, Sweden.