Mangdi language explained

Mangdi
Also Known As:Southern Lalo
States:China
Ethnicity:Yi
Speakers:3,000
Date:2010
Ref:[1]
Familycolor:Sino-Tibetan
Fam2:Lolo–Burmese
Fam3:Loloish
Fam4:Lisoish
Fam5:Lalo–Lavu
Iso3:none
Iso3comment:(proposal rejected)[2]
Glotto:sout3210
Glottorefname:Southern Lalo

Mangdi (autonym: pronounced as /lo21 lo33 pɑ̠21/[1]) is a Loloish language of Yunnan, China. There are 3,000 speakers in Mangdi, Hepai, Gengma County, Lincang Prefecture, as well as in Cangyuan County.

References

Notes and References

  1. Yang, Cathryn. 2010. Lalo regional varieties: Phylogeny, dialectometry, and sociolinguistics. Melbourne: La Trobe University PhD dissertation.http://arrow.latrobe.edu.au:8080/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.9/153015
  2. Web site: Change Request Number 2011-097. SIL International. 2011-06-17. Cathryn. Yang.