Meuma language

Meuma
Meuma
Mengwu
Native to	China
Ethnicity	Yi
Native speakers	< 10 (2013)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Lolo–Burmese Loloish Kazhuoish Meuma; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	None

Meuma (autonym: mɯ55 mɑ33) is a Loloish language spoken in Xinzhai 新寨,^[3] Mada Village 马达村, Daping Township 大坪镇, Malipo County, Yunnan. There are several semi-fluent elderly speakers, with no fluent speakers left.^[1]

The Meuma are also called Mengwu 孟武 by the Han Chinese (Malipo County Gazetteer 麻栗坡县志 (2000)).

Classification

Meuma is most closely related to Samu, Sanie, and Katso of central Yunnan, thus belonging to Lama's Kazhuoish branch (Hsiu 2013, 2017).^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Hsiu, Andrew. 2013. New endangered Tibeto-Burman languages of southwestern China: Mondzish, Longjia, Pherbu, and others. Presented at ICSTLL 46, Dartmouth College.
^ ^a ^b Lama, Ziwo Qiu-Fuyuan (2012), Subgrouping of Nisoic (Yi) Languages, thesis, University of Texas at Arlington
^ 麻栗坡县大坪镇马达村委会新寨自然村

Sources

Hsiu, Andrew. 2013. New endangered Tibeto-Burman languages of southwestern China: Mondzish, Longjia, Pherbu, and others. Presented at ICSTLL 47, Dartmouth College. doi:10.5281/zenodo.1127796

[Hsiu2013-1] Hsiu, Andrew. 2013. New endangered Tibeto-Burman languages of southwestern China: Mondzish, Longjia, Pherbu, and others. Presented at ICSTLL 46, Dartmouth College.

[Lama2012-2] Lama, Ziwo Qiu-Fuyuan (2012), Subgrouping of Nisoic (Yi) Languages, thesis, University of Texas at Arlington

[3] 麻栗坡县大坪镇马达村委会新寨自然村

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