| Gepo | |
|---|---|
| 𖼠𖽙𖾐 𖼀𖽑𖽙𖾑, 𖼠𖽙𖾑 𖼀𖽑𖽪 | |
| Native to | China |
| Ethnicity | Yi |
Native speakers | 100,000 (2007)[1] |
| Pollard script | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:ygp – Gupoyyz – Ayizi |
| Glottolog | gepo1234 |
| ELP | Ayizi |
Gepo (Köpu;autonym:ko³³pʰo⁵⁵[2] orko⁵⁵pʰu²¹[3]) is aLoloish language ofYunnan, China spoken by 100,000 people. The speakers'autonym iskɔ²¹, while the "-po" of "Gepo" means 'people'.[4] It is spoken in 6 villages ofFumin County, easternLuquan County, and other adjacentcounties to the northeast.
(Gao 2017)[5] classifies Geipo (autonym:ke⁵⁵pʰo²¹) as a Central Ngwi language. InWuding County, it is spoken by 250 people in Gubai Village, Shishan Township and by 30 people in Yaoying Village, Shishan Township inMicha-majority villages.
Gupo 古泼 (autonym:ko⁵⁵pʰo²¹) is spoken inMile,Songming,Xundian,Zhanyi,Luoping,Shizong,Luxi,Shilin,Luliang,Yiliang,Fuyuan,Qiubei,Luquan,Huize, andYiliang counties by about 100,000 speakers.[6] Gupo speakers are also referred as the White Yi 白彝, Gan Yi 甘彝, and Little White Yi 小白彝.[6]
TheAyizi 阿夷子 of Aimailong Village 爱买龙,[7]Shilin County refer to themselves asGe, and may thus speak a language related to Gepo (Bradley 2007).[8] It is also spoken in Banqiao Township 板桥乡, and other parts of Beidacun 北大村乡.[9]
Epo 峨颇 (autonyms:ŋo³³phu²¹,ŋo³³) is anEastern Yilanguage variety spoken by about 8,000 people in the following villages ofLonglin,Napo, andXilin counties in westernGuangxi.[10]
A similar dialect calledWopu 窝普 is reported inXingyi, Guizhou andLuoping County, Yunnan.[11] TheLuoping County Gazetteer (1995:601) reports that Wopu 窝普 (also called Large Black Yi 大黑彝) is spoken in the following locations inLuoping County:
Guopu 果铺 is reported inWeining County,Guizhou.[12]
Jing (2022) documents theGepo 葛颇 dialect of Xiaozhiyi Village 小直邑村 (Gepo name:kʰɑ⁴⁴m̩³³), Baishui Town 白水镇, Luxi County 泸西县. The village is located in the Dongshan 东山 area ofLuxi County 泸西县. Some Gepo subgroups in and around Luxi County, who all refer to themselves asko⁴⁴ orko⁴⁴pʰu²¹, include the following (Jing 2022:2):[13]
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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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Italics indicates single languages that are also considered to be separate branches. | |||||
