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Talu language

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Talu
Native toChina
RegionYunnan
Native speakers
14,000 (2007)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3yta
Glottologtalu1238Lavu-Yongsheng-Talu
ELPTalu
Talu is classified as Vulnerable by theUNESCOAtlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Talu( tha lỗ; also known asTaliu;tʰa31lu55su55[3]) is aLoloishlanguage spoken by just over 10,000 speakers in Yongsheng and Huaping counties (Zhou 2004:1). Zhou (2004) focuses on the Talu dialect of Liude Township lục đức hương. Bradley (2004)[4]reports that Talu (autonym:tʰa31lu̠55) is spoken in Yongsheng, Ninglang and Huaping counties by 10,138 people, mainly in 4 villages of Liude Township lục đức hương in northeasternYongsheng County.There are also Talu speakers in adjacent parts of Ninglangping Township, southernNinglang County,and Tongda Township thông đạt lật túc tộc hương in northeasternHuaping County.Talu has voiceless nasals as also the voiceless lateral. It is related toLolopo.

A closely related language variety calledNazan nạp cha(Naza, Nazha) is spoken in Nazan Village nạp cha,[5]Liude Village lục đức thôn, Liude Township lục đức hương,Yongsheng County(Yongsheng County Gazetteer1989:637). It is also spoken in 2 villages in Liude Township, and a few in Banqiao Township.[4]

References

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  1. ^TaluatEthnologue(24th ed., 2021)Closed access icon
  2. ^Lama, Ziwo Qiu-Fuyuan (2012:145),Subgrouping of Nisoic (Yi) Languages,thesis, University of Texas at Arlington
  3. ^Zhou Decai (2004).A study of Taliu.Kunming: Yunnan People's Press.
  4. ^abBradley, David. 2004.Endangered Central Ngwi Languages of Central Yunnan.Keynote Presentation, 37th International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics, Lund University, Sweden.
  5. ^"Vĩnh thắng huyện lục đức lật túc tộc di tộc hương lục đức thôn ủy hội nạp cha thôn".www.ynszxc.gov.cn.
  • Duan Qiuhong [ đoạn thu hồng ]. 2015.A study of Taliu vocabulary[ tha lưu ngữ từ hối điều tra nghiên cứu ]. M.A. dissertation. Kunming: Yunnan Normal University.
  • Zhou Decai [ chu đức tài ]. 2004.A study of the Taliu language[ tha lưu thoại nghiên cứu ]. Kunming: Yunnan People's Press [ vân nam dân tộc xuất bản xã ].