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]
| Siloid | |
|---|---|
| Ethnicity | Si La people |
| Geographic distribution | Northern Laos and Indochina |
| Linguistic classification | Sino-Tibetan |
| Language codes | |
| – | |
| Glottolog | sila1251 |
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
editThe Siloid languages are:
Luma is also closely related to Akeu according to Lew (2023).[2]
Classification
editThe internal classifications of Siloid languages were analyzed in a 2016 computational phylogenetic lexical analysis by Hsiu (2016).[1]
- Siloid
The Siloid classification above was subsequently revised by Hsiu (2018)[3] as follows.
- Siloid
References
edit- ^ a b Hsiu, Andrew. 2016. The classification of Cosao: a Lolo-Burmese language of China and Laos. Presented at the 22nd Himalayan Languages Symposium, Guwahati, India.
- ^ Lew, Sigrid (2023). "Notes on Luma, a Southern Ngwi language in Laos". Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society. 16 (2). Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press: xx–xxx. ISSN 1836-6821. Retrieved 2024-06-15.
- ^ Hsiu, Andrew. 2018. Classifications of some lesser-known Lolo-Burmese languages.
- 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).