Lolopo language
Lolopo is a Loloish language spoken by half a million Yi people of China. Chinese linguists call it "Central Yi" as well, which is one of the six Yi languages recognized by the government of China.Names
Lolo speakers are referred to by a variety of exonyms. Below is a list of exonyms followed by their respective autonyms and demographics.
Yang proposes this tentative internal classification of Lolo.
- Southern Lolo
- *Western Lolo
- *Xiangtang
- *Jingdong Lolo
- Southern Dali Lolo
- Nanhua Lolo
- *Eastern Lalu
- *Tu
- Binchuan Lolo
- Yao'an Lolo
The Chuxiong Prefecture Ethnic Gazetteer lists the following cognacy percentages between Lolopo 罗罗濮 and other Yi languages in Chuxiong Prefecture.
- Ache 阿车: 74.86%
- Chesu 车苏: 55%
- Luowu 罗武: 75.89%
- Shansu 山苏: 78.4%
- Lipo 里濮: 93.36%