Talu (他鲁; also known as Taliu; ') is a

Loloish The Loloish languages, also known as Yi in China and occasionally Ngwi or Nisoic, are a family of fifty to a hundred Sino-Tibetan languages spoken primarily in the Yunnan province of China. They are most closely related to Burmese and its relat ...

language 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 六德乡. Bradley (2004)Bradley, David. 2004.
Endangered Central Ngwi Languages of Central Yunnan
'. Keynote Presentation, 37th International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics, Lund University, Sweden. reports that Talu (autonym: ') is spoken in Yongsheng, Ninglang and Huaping counties by 10,138 people, mainly in 4 villages of Liude Township 六德乡 in northeastern

Yongsheng County Yongsheng County () is located in the northwest of Yunnan province, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Lijiang. In 2019 the county had a population of 406,757 including 34.42% ethnic minorities. The Chenghai Lak ...

. There are also Talu speakers in adjacent parts of Ninglangping Township, southern

Ninglang County Ninglang Yi Autonomous County (; ii, ꆀꆿꆈꌠꊨꏦꏱꅉꑤ nip lat nuo su zyt jie jux dde xiep) is located in the northwest of Yunnan province, China, bordering Sichuan province to the northeast. It is under the administration of Lijiang ...

, and Tongda Township 通达傈僳族乡 in northeastern

Huaping County Huaping County () is a county of Lijiang City, in the north of Yunnan province, China, bordering Sichuan province to the east. Located at the northwestern of Yunnan, it covers an area of and had a population of 159,695 in 2020 statistics. Huaping ...

. Talu has voiceless nasals as also the voiceless lateral. It is related to Lolopo. A closely related language variety called Nazan 纳咱 is spoken in Nazan Village 纳咱, Liude Village 六德村, Liude Township 六德乡,

(''Yongsheng County Gazetteer'' 1989:637). It is also spoken in 2 villages in Liude Township, and a few in Banqiao Township.

References

*Duan Qiuhong ��秋红 2015. ''A study of Taliu vocabulary'' ��留语词汇调查研究 M.A. dissertation. Kunming: Yunnan Normal University. *Zhou Decai ��德才 2004. ''A study of the Taliu language'' ��留话研究 Kunming: Yunnan People's Press ��南民族出版社 {{Lolo-Burmese languages Loloish languages Languages of China