Tholo language

Tanglang
Tholo
吐鲁沙, Toloza
Pronunciation	[thólōzɑ̄]
Native to	China
Region	Yunnan
Native speakers	2,000 (2009)[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman Lolo–Burmese Loloish Lisoish Tanglang
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ytl
Glottolog	tang1372
ELP	Tanglang
Tholo is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Tanglang (Chinese: 堂郎语), or Tholo (autonym: tʰo55 lo33 zɑ33), is a Loloish language spoken by 947 people in 8 villages of southern Tai'an Township 太安乡, Lijiang County, Yunnan, including in Hongmai 红麦 ^[2][3] and Shuijing 水井村^[4] villages. Tanglang has been in long-term contact with Bai, and is also in contact with Naxi.^[3] The speakers' name for the language is tʰo42 lo42.^[3]

Names

Tanglang speakers are referred to by the following names.^[4]

• autonym: tʰo42 lo42 zɑ33 (Tulusha 吐鲁沙)
• exonym in Heqing County: Tanglangzi 堂郎子
• exonym of the Nalu 那鲁 (Heihua 黑话) people: Moxie 麽些
• exonym in Jianchuan County 剑川县: tʰo31 lo31 χo33
• exonym in Lijiangba District 丽江县坝区: tʰo33 le33 dʌ31
• exonym in Nanshan 南山: lu55 lu33

References

1. "Tanglang". Numeral Systems of the World's Languages. Archived from the original on 2015-07-03. Retrieved 2012-09-26.
2. "Yùlóng nàxīzú zìzhìxiàn tàiān xiāng hóngmài cūn wěihuì > cūn qíng gàikuàng" 玉龙纳西族自治县太安乡红麦村委会 > 村情概况 [Hongmai Village Committee, Tai'an Township, Yulong Naxi Autonomous County > Village Situation]. ynszxc.gov.cn. Archived from the original on 2018-09-27. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
3. Bradley, David (2004). Endangered Central Ngwi Languages of Central Yunnan. 37th International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics, Lund University, Sweden (Keynote Presentation). Archived from the original on 2021-08-11. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
4. Gai, Xingzhi 盖兴之 (2002). "Tánglánghuà gàikuàng" 堂郎话概况 [Tanglang Dialect Overview]. Minzu yuwen 民族語文 (in Chinese). 2002 (3).

External links

• Tanglang numbers