The Siloid languages belong to the Southern Loloish ( Hanoish) branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family. The Siloid branch was first proposed by Hsiu (2016). ^[1]

Most Siloid languages are spoken in Phongsaly Province, northern Laos, with smaller numbers of speakers living in China ( Yunnan) and Vietnam ( Lai Châu Province).

Languages

The Siloid languages are:

Classification

The internal classifications of Siloid languages were analyzed in a 2016 computational phylogenetic lexical analysis by Hsiu (2016). ^[1]

Siloid

• Wanyä
• (core branch)
  • Phusang
  • Khir, Cosao
  • Sila (Sida)

The Siloid classification above was subsequently revised by Hsiu (2018) ^[2] as follows.

Siloid

• Luma, Pala
• Akeu, Gokhy
• Wanyä (Muchi)
• Sila cluster:
  • Sila, Sida
  • Paza (Phusang)
  • Khir, Cosao
  • Phana

References

• Lama, Ziwo Qiu-Fuyuan (2012), Subgrouping of Nisoic (Yi) Languages, thesis, University of Texas at Arlington ( archived)
• Kingsadā, Thō̜ngphet, and Tadahiko Shintani. 1999 Basic Vocabularies of the Languages Spoken in Phongxaly, Lao P.D.R. Tokyo: Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA).
• Shintani, Tadahiko, Ryuichi Kosaka, and Takashi Kato. 2001. Linguistic Survey of Phongxaly, Lao P.D.R. Tokyo: Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA).
• Kato, Takashi. 2008. Linguistic Survey of Tibeto-Burman languages in Lao P.D.R. Tokyo: Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA).