Tanglang (), or Tholo (autonym: '), is a
Loloish language
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 rel ...
spoken by 947 people in 8 villages of southern Tai'an Township 太安乡,
Lijiang County,
Yunnan
Yunnan , () is a landlocked province in the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the C ...
, including in Hongmai 红麦
and Shuijing 水井村
villages. Tanglang has been in long-term contact with
Bai, and is also in contact with
Naxi.
The speakers' name for the language is '.
Tanglang is taught in local schools.
Names
Tanglang speakers are referred to by the following names.
*autonym: ''tʰo42 lo42 zɑ33'' (Tulusha 吐鲁沙)
*exonym in
Heqing County
Heqing County () is a county in the Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture located in the northwest of Yunnan
Yunnan , () is a landlocked province in the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a pop ...
: Tanglangzi 堂郎子
*exonym of the Nalu 那鲁 (Heihua 黑话) people: Moxie 麽些
*exonym in
Jianchuan County
Jianchuan County () is a county in the Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture located in the western part of Yunnan Province, China.
The county is about southwest of Lijiang and north of Dali.
The historical town of Shaxi in the southeast of the coun ...
剑川县: ''tʰo31 lo31 χo33''
*exonym in
Lijiang
Lijiang (), also known as Likiang, is a prefecture-level city in the northwest of Yunnan Province, China. It has an area of and had a population of 1,253,878 at the 2020 census whom 288,787 lived in the built-up area (metro) made of Gucheng ...
ba District 丽江县坝区: ''tʰo33 le33 dʌ31''
*exonym in Nanshan 南山: ''lu55 lu33''
References
External links
Tanglang numbers
Loloish languages
Languages of China
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