Lawu language

Lawu
Lawu
Pronunciation	la21 wu21
Native to	China
Region	Yunnan
Native speakers	50 (2012)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Lolo–Burmese Loloish Central Loloish? Lawoish Lawu; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	lwu
Glottolog	lawu1238

Lawu (autonym: la21 wu21) is a highly endangered unclassified Loloish language of Yunnan, China. It has about 50 elderly speakers in Jiuha village 旧哈村, Shuitang district 水塘镇, Xinping County, Yuxi Prefecture, Yunnan Province. There are possibly also some speakers in Jiujia District 九甲乡, Zhenyuan County, Pu'er Prefecture, Yunnan Province. Lawu speakers are currently classified by the Chinese government as Lahu, but were formerly classified as Yi.

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