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Nuobi language

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Native to
  
China

Glottolog
  
None

ISO 639-3
  
None (mis)

Language family
  
Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Lolo–Burmese Loloish Hanoish (unclassified) Nuobi

Nuobi (autonym: Lolbiq; lu21 pi33 Chinese: 糯比 Luobi (Lobi)) is a Loloish language of south-central Yunnan, China.

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Distribution

Nuobi is spoken in:

  • Xinping Yi and Dai Autonomous County (Xinping County Almanac 1993:106, 118)
  • Yuanjiang Hani, Yi and Dai Autonomous County (Yuanjiang County Almanac 1993:81)
  • Jinping Miao, Yao, and Dai Autonomous County (Jinping County Almanac 1994:113-132)

    • Dai (2009) reports that ethnic Hani in Yangjie Township 羊街乡, Yuanjiang County belong to the Nuomei 糯美 and Nuobi 糯比 subgroups, who number 9,000 people and 6,000 people respectively in the township. The Nuomei live mostly in Gedie 戈垤, Dangduo 党舵 (which also has Kucong speakers), and Bamu 坝木 administrative villages, while the Nuobi reside mostly in Langzhi 朗支 (which also has Yi speakers in Zhongliangzi 中梁子 ), Yangjie 羊街, and Diexia 垤霞 (including Yidie 依垤 (Dai 2009:113)) villages.

    Vocabulary

    The following basic vocabulary word list of Nuobi is from the Xinping County Ethnic Gazetteer (1992:209-210).

    References

    Nuobi language Wikipedia
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