Popei language explained

Popei
Region:Yunnan
States:China
Ethnicity:Yi
Familycolor:Sino-Tibetan
Fam2:(Tibeto-Burman)
Fam3:Lolo–Burmese
Fam4:Loloish
Fam5:Lisoish
Fam6:Lalo–Lavu[1]
Fam7:Taloid
Iso3:none
Glotto:none

Popei 泼佩 is a Loloish language spoken in Huaping County, Yunnan, China. In Huaping County, it is spoken by about 1,000 people in several villages. Popei is also spoken in Dayao and Yongren Counties, as well as small pockets in nearby regions.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Lama . Ziwo Qiu-Fuyuan . Subgrouping of Nisoic (Yi) Languages: A Study from the Perspectives of Shared Innovation and Phylogenetic Estimation . 2012 . Ph.D. . University of Texas at Arlington . 10106/11161 . free . 145.
  2. Web site: China . Asia Harvest . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130801062653/http://asiaharvest.org/index.php/people-group-profiles/china/ . 2013-08-01 . 2013-07-19.