Meuma language

Meuma
Meuma
Mengwu
Native to	China
Ethnicity	Yi
Native speakers	< 10 (2013)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Lolo–Burmese Loloish Kazhuoish Meuma; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	None

NativetoChina

EthnicityYi

Native speakers

< 10 (2013)^[1]

Language family

Sino-Tibetan

(Tibeto-Burman)
- Lolo–Burmese
  - Loloish
    - Kazhuoish^[2]
      - Meuma

Meuma (autonym: mɯ55 mɑ33) is a Loloish language spoken in Xinzhai 新寨,^[3] Mada Village 马达村, Daping Township 大坪镇, Malipo County, Yunnan. There are several semi-fluent elderly speakers, with no fluent speakers left.^[1]

The Meuma are also called Mengwu 孟武 by the Han Chinese (Malipo County Gazetteer 麻栗坡县志 (2000)).

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Meuma language

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