Awu (
Chinese: 阿务), also known as Lope (autonym: lo214pʰɯ21[2]), is a
Loloish language of
China. Awu is spoken in Luxi, Mile, Luoping, and Shizong counties (Ethnologue). It is closely related to
Nisu (Lama 2012).[3]
Northern Awu is a distinct language. Ethnologue lists Northern Awu and Southern Awu as dialects.
YYFC (1983)[4] documents Awu (阿乌) as spoken in Jieyupo, Shemu Village, Dongshan Township (东山公社舍木大队捷雨坡村),
Mile County, Yunnan.[5]
References
^Lope at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^Yunnan Province Ethnic Minority Languages Gazetteer (云南省志:少数民族语言文字志), p.30
^YYFC (Yunnan University for Nationalities and Guiding Committee of Studying and Working on Yunnan Minority Languages 云南民族大学格云南民族语文指导工作委员会编). 1983. 云南彝语方言 词语汇编 [A Collection of Yi Dialects’ Lexicon in Yunnan] (Handwritten Mimeograph).