| Aluo | |
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| Naluo | |
| Native to | China |
| Ethnicity | Yi |
Native speakers | 25,000 (2007)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | yna |
| Glottolog | aluo1235 |
| ELP | Aluo |
| IETF | yna[2] |
 Aluo is classified as Vulnerable by theUNESCOAtlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
Aluo (autonym:ɑ55lo33pho55;[3]Naluo[4]) is aLoloish language spoken by theYi people ofChina. It is also known by itsNasu name (Laka, Gan Yi, Yala, Lila, Niluo).
Gao (2017:31)[4] notes that inWuding County, Yunnan, Aluo and Naluo are equivalent terms for the same Yi subgroup.Naluo in theWuding County Gazetteer (1990) actually refers toAluo speakers (Gao 2017:31).Naluo is not to be confused withNaruo, aTaloid (Central Loloish) language of northern Yunnan.
Aluo is spoken in northWuding,Luquan, andYuanmou counties,Yunnan, and inHuili andMiyi counties,Sichuan. Gao (2017)[4] reports that Aluo (autonym:a55lu33pʰu55; also known as the Gan Yi) is spoken in northwesternWuding County as well as inSichuan. YYFC (1983)[5] documents Aluo (autonym:ʔa55lɑ̠33pʰo55) of Dongpo Township 东坡傣族乡,Wuding County, Yunnan.
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| WesternHimalayas (Himachal, Uttarakhand,Nepal,Sikkim) |
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| Myanmar and Indo- Burmese border |
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| East andSoutheast Asia |
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| Dubious (possible isolates,Arunachal) |
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