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Lawoish
Lawoish
Geographic; distribution	Yunnan, China
Linguistic classification	Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Lolo–Burmese Loloish Central Loloish? Lawoish; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
Glottolog	lawo1234

The Lawu languages or Lawoish languages are a proposed branch of Loloish languages.^[1] Internal classification within Loloish is uncertain. It may form a branch of Central Loloish, or it may be an independent branch of Loloish. The Lawu languages are:

Cathryn Yang (2012)^[2] suggests that Lawu is most likely a Central Ngwi language, but notes that it does not classify with Lalo, Lahu, or the Lisoid (Lisu, Lipo, Lolopo) languages.

References

^ Hsiu, Andrew. 2017. The Lawu languages: footprints along the Red River valley corridor.
^ Yang, Cathryn. 2012. Phonology sketch and classification of Lawu, an undocumented Ngwi language of Yunnan. In Linguistic Discovery, Volume 10, Issue 2, Year 2012. Hanover, NH: Dartmouth College.

Lama, Ziwo Qiu-Fuyuan (2012), Subgrouping of Nisoic (Yi) Languages, thesis, University of Texas at Arlington (archived)

[Hsiu2017-1] Hsiu, Andrew. 2017. The Lawu languages: footprints along the Red River valley corridor.

[Yang2012-2] Yang, Cathryn. 2012. Phonology sketch and classification of Lawu, an undocumented Ngwi language of Yunnan. In Linguistic Discovery, Volume 10, Issue 2, Year 2012. Hanover, NH: Dartmouth College.

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