Lisoish

Classification notes

• • Alu is most likely a peripheral Lalo language, and appears to be most similar to Xuzhang and Mangdi.

  • Luquan Lisu in Mu & Sun (2012) is actually Lipo, and is more closely related to Hlersu and Lolopo than to the other 4 Lisu dialects in Mu & Sun (2012).

SplitsTree lexical analysis (Hsiu 2016)

Taxa: 34

Lexical items: 32 (carefully selected for identifying lexical isoglosses)

Classification synthesis: 8 primary branches identified

• 1. Toloza

  2. Lavu, Talu

  3. Heqing cluster

     1. Kua-nsi

     2. Kuamasi, Laizisi, Zibusi

     3. Sonaga

  4. Lolopo linkage

• • 1. Hlersu / Shansu

    2. Luquan Lisu (Lipha)

    3. Lolo(po)

    4. Lipo

    5. ? Tu / Tuzu / Tujia

    6. Tulao of Jinping (?)

    7. ? Qiangyi

    8. ? Xiangtang

• 5. Lisu

  6. Mili

  7. Limi

  8. Lalo

• • 1. Alu

    2. Eka

    3. Mangdi

    4. Xuzhang-Lalo

       1. Xuzhang

       2. Lalo

          1. Eastern

          2. Central, Western

Miqie, Geipo, and Alu are likely additional primary branches, although data has not been entered for those. Miqie and Geipo data are available in Gao (2017)

Sources

See metadata tabs in the spreadsheet attached below.