Ethnicity Lisu ISO 639-3 lpo | Native speakers 250,000 (2007) | |
Native to China, Burma (Myanmar), India, Thailand Language family Sino-Tibetan
(Tibeto-Burman)
Lolo–Burmese
Loloish
Lisoish
Lipo–Lolopo
Lipo Writing system Pollard script; formerly Fraser | ||
Lipo (autonym: li˥pʰɔ˨˩; Chinese: 里泼), or Eastern Lisu, is a language of the Lisu people of China, similar to but not intelligible with Lisu proper. Some Lipo are classified by the government as Lisu, others as Yi. In some areas, the people prefer the name Lolopo or Lolongo.
References
Lipo language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA