Taloid is a cluster of languages in the Lisoish branch of Lolo–Burmese.

Languages

Yang, et al. (2017)Yang, Cathryn; Kwok Wailing 范秀琳 Zhou Decai 周德才; Yang Wenjing 杨文静. 2017. ''The Taloid Cluster of Northwestern Yunnan: Loyal Soldiers of the Nanzhao Kingdom'' / 滇西北彝语他留土群：忠诚的南诏战士. Presented at ICSTLL 50, Beijing, China. lists the following languages as belonging to the ''Taloid'' cluster of languages, whose speakers are descendants of soldiers sent by the Nanzhao Kingdom from the Dali region to be stationed in northwestern Yunnan. Taloid languages are most closely related to Lalo, Lolopo, and Lipo, all of which share the

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a¹to^L for 'fire'. They are spoken primarily in Yongsheng County and

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. Popei 泼佩 is spoken in Huaping County, while Gomotage is spoken in Eryuan County. * Talu 他留, Nazan 纳咱 * Lang'e 崀峨, Lavu 拉务 *

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塔古 * Popei 泼佩 (Shuitian 水田) * Naruo 纳若 (Shuitian 水田) * Kua-nsi 跨恩斯 * Kuamasi 跨玛斯 * Laizisi 莱兹斯 * Zibusi 子逋斯 * Sonaga 锁内嘎 * Gomotage 俄毛柔 Andy Castro, et al. (2010) have reported the discovery of 5 languages in

, Yunnan that are most closely related to Talu (他留话) of Yongsheng County. Autonyms are from Castro (2010:25). Sonaga is the most divergent, while the other four languages comprise a core subclade. * Kua-nsi ('; 跨恩斯话): 5,000+ speakers * Kuamasi ('; 跨玛斯话) * Laizisi ('; 莱兹斯话) * Zibusi ('; 子逋斯话) * Sonaga ('; 锁内嘎话): 2,000+ speakers Gomotage ('; also known as ' or Emaorou 俄毛柔) of Eryuan County is also probably related to Kua-nsi (Yang 2010:7). Other languages that may belong to the Taloid cluster include: *Awu, Northern 阿乌(北): 3,000 speakers in Peiyuan 培元村, Shuiping 水坪村, and Yongle 永乐村 Villages of Da'an Township 大安彝族纳西族乡, Yongsheng County *Liude 六得: 500 speakers in 3 villages of Liude Township 六德乡, Yongsheng County. *Liwu 里乌: 4,000 speakers in Yongsheng County, in Liang'e 良峨 and Jifu 吉福 Villages of Xinghu Township 星湖村 *Tazhi: spoken by a few hundred people in Puwei Township 普威镇, northern Miyi County 米易县,

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. The Tazhi claim they came from northern Yunnan centuries ago. It is moribund or extinct, and is perhaps related to Talu,

, or other languages of Yongsheng County.Bradley, David. 2004.
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'. Keynote Presentation, 37th International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics, Lund University, Sweden. *Ta'er 塔尔 of Ninglang County, spoken by about 1,000 people

Innovations

Some Taloid lexical innovations are: *head hair (头发) > fur (毛) + hair (头发) *'sky' > my²di¹mo³ *'mouth' > kʰa²bi² Taloid phonological innovations are: * *a > u * *ak > a̱ * *(-)rwe > ua * *(-)r/way > ua

References

{{Lolo-Burmese languages Languages of Yunnan