Lalo language

Lalo (Chinese: 腊罗; Western Yi) is a Loloish language cluster spoken in western Yunnan, China by 300,000 speakers. Speakers are officially part of the Yi nationality, and Chinese linguists refer to it as "Western Yi" due to its distribution in western Yunnan. Lalo speakers are mostly located in southern Dali Prefecture, especially Weishan County, considered the traditional homeland of the Lalo. Historically, this area is the home of the Meng clan, who ruled the Nanzhao Kingdom (737–902 CE). Many speakers of Core Lalo dialects claim to be descendants of the Meng clan.

Lalo
Western Yi
Native toChina
EthnicityYi
Native speakers
320,000 (2002–2010)
Sino-Tibetan
  • Tibeto-Burman
    • Lolo–Burmese
      • Loloish
        • Lisoish
          • Lalo–Lavu
            • Lalo
Dialects
  • Eka
  • Mangdi
  • Yangliu
  • Xuzhang
  • Core Lalo
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
ywt – Xishanba (Central)
yik – Dongshanba (Eastern, Western, East Mountain Central)
yit – Eastern
ywl – Western
Glottologlalo1240
ELPCentral Lalo
Lalo is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
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