Piyo language

Piyo
Native to China, Laos
Ethnicity Hani
Native speakers
 120,000 (1997)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 byo
Glottolog biyo1243[2]

Piyo (Biyo, Biyue) is a Loloish language of China. The people are ethnic Hani, and the "Bi-Ka" varieties (Biyo, Kaduo, Enu) are traditionally considered dialects of Hani. However, in the classifications of Bradley (2007) and Lama (2012), they are more distinct from Hani than other related languages are. Lama classifies Mpi as closer to Biyo dialect than Kaduo is.

References

  1. ↑ Piyo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Biyo". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

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