Lu, orLuren (卢人), is an extinctSino-Tibetan language ofGuizhou, China. The Luren language may have been extinct since the 1960s.[1][5]
Luren is closely related toCaijia andLongjia.[2][1] However, the classification of these languages within Sino-Tibetan is uncertain. Zhengzhang (2010) suggests thatCaijia andBai form aMacro-Bai branch,[6] whileSagart argues that Caijia andWaxiang represent an early split fromOld Chinese.[7]
InDafang County,Guizhou, the Lu people are located in Huangni 黄泥乡, Dashui 大水乡, Gamu 嘎木乡, and Shachang 纱厂镇 townships (Dafang County Gazetteer 1996:157).
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Guizhou provincial ethnic classification commission, linguistic division [贵州省民族识别工作队语言组]. 1982.The language of the Caijia [Caijia de yuyan 蔡家的语言]. m.s.
Guizhou provincial ethnic classification commission [贵州省民族识别工作队]. 1984.Report on ethnic classification issues of the Nanlong people (Nanjing-Longjia) [南龙人（南京-龙家）族别问题调查报告]. m.s.
Zhao Weifeng [赵卫峰]. 2011.History of the Bai people of Guizhou [贵州白族史略]. Yinchuan, China: Ningxia People's Press [宁夏人民出版社].ISBN978-7-227-04678-3
Hölzl, Andreas. 2021.The Lu(ren) language of Guizhou, China. Paper presented at 9th International Contrastive Linguistics Conference (ICLC 9), Santa Margherita-Portofino. (Online Meeting.)
