Cantan (autonym: ') is a

Loloish language The Loloish languages, also known as Yi (like the Yi people) and occasionally Ngwi or Nisoic, are a family of 50–100 Tibeto-Burman languages spoken primarily in the Yunnan province of Southwestern China. They are most closely related to Bur ...

of northern

Laos Laos, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic (LPDR), is the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by Myanmar and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the southeast, and Thailand to the west and ...

. It is closely related to Sinsali.

References

*Udomkool, Kitjapol. 2006.
A phonological comparison of selected Bisoid varieties
'. M.A. dissertation. Chiang Mai: Payap University. *Wright, Pamela Sue. n.d. ''Singsali (Phunoi) Speech Varieties Of Phongsali Province''. m.s. Southern Loloish languages Languages of Laos {{st-lang-stub