• Endangered

  20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

• 120

  Native speakers worldwide
• MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS

  Classified as members of the Lahu Nationality. Language similar to Lisu.

MORE ON VITALITY

Severely endangered.

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

• Lipho

• Chinese

• Lolopho

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

Intermarried with and all bilingual in Lipho. The Lipho are much more numerous in the area; most also speak Chinese and some Lolopho, also spoken nearby.

PLACES

Yunnan, China

LOCATION DESCRIPTION

Northeastern Binchuan County. 120 people in two villages.