The Kazhuoish languages are a branch of Loloish languages proposed by Lama (2012). There are five languages.
| Kazhuoish | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution | Yunnan |
| Linguistic classification | Sino-Tibetan
|
| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | kazh1234 (Kazhouish (partial)) |
Samei may or may not be a Kazhuoish language.
However, Bradley (2007) classifies the Kazhuoish languages as Northern Loloish, and considers Samu and Sanie to be closely related to Nasu.[1]
References
edit- ^ Bradley, David. 2007. East and Southeast Asia. In Moseley, Christopher (ed.), Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, 349-424. London & New York: Routledge.
- Lama, Ziwo Qiu-Fuyuan (2012). Subgrouping of Nisoic (Yi) Languages: A Study from the Perspectives of Shared Innovation and Phylogenetic Estimation (Ph.D. thesis). University of Texas at Arlington. hdl:10106/11161.