Gepo language


Gepo is a Loloish language of Yunnan, China spoken by 100,000 people. The speakers' autonym is , while the "-po" of "Gepo" means 'people'. It is spoken in 6 villages of Fumin County, eastern Luquan County, and other adjacent counties to the northeast.
Gao classifies Geipo as a Central Ngwi language. In Wuding County, it is spoken by 250 people in Gubai Village, Shishan Township and by 30 people in Yaoying Village, Shishan Township in Micha-majority villages.

Distribution and varieties

Gupo 古泼 is spoken in Mile, Songming, Xundian, Zhanyi, Luoping, Shizong, Luxi, Shilin, Luliang, Yiliang, Fuyuan, Qiubei, Luquan, Huize, and Yiliang counties by about 100,000 speakers. Gupo speakers are also referred as the White Yi 白彝, Gan Yi 甘彝, and Little White Yi 小白彝.
The Ayizi 阿夷子 of Aimailong Village 爱买龙, Shilin County refer to themselves as Ge, and may thus speak a language related to Gepo. It is also spoken in Banqiao Township 板桥乡, and other parts of Beidacun 北大村乡.
Epo 峨颇 is an Eastern Yi language variety spoken by about 8,000 people in the following villages of Longlin, Napo, and Xilin counties in western Guangxi.
A similar dialect called Wopu 窝普 is reported in Xingyi, Guizhou and Luoping County, Yunnan. The Luoping County Almanac reports that Wopu 窝普 is spoken in:
Guopu 果铺 is reported in Weining County, Guizhou.