Lipo language

Lipo language
Lipo
Lolopo, Lolongo
Spoken in China, Burma (Myanmar), India, Thailand
Ethnicity Lisu
Native speakers 420,000  (2007)
Language family
Sino-Tibetan
  • (Tibeto-Burman)
    • Lolo–Burmese
      • Loloish
        • Central
          • Lisu–Lipho
            • Lipo
Writing system Pollard script; formerly Fraser
Language codes
ISO 639-3 lpo

Lipo, 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.


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